Authors: J. Homolka; F. Krejbich; V. Mazánková 1 Authors‘ workplace: I. klinika tuberkulózy a respiračních nemocí, 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha 1Ústav zdravotnických informací a statistiky České republiky, Praha Published in: Čas. Lék. čes. 2004; : 594-597 Category:
Background. 1162 new cases of tuberculosis were diagnosed in the Czech Republic in 2003; pulmonary tuberculosisrepresented 942 cases and in 660 cases the diagnosis of tuberculosis was bacteriologically confirmed.Methods and Results. 355 cases were smear positive tuberculosis. The increase of certain TB cases (70 %) in 2003compared to 2002 is not statistically significant (p=0,031). The notification rate (incidence) in 2003 was 11,4/100000 all cases of tuberculosis, 9,2/100 000 pulmonary tuberculosis and 6,5/100 000 certain cases of tuberculosis.Conclusions. Compared to 2002 a decline of all forms of tuberculosis was observed, this decline however was notstatistically significant. The increase in bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis and smear positive tuberculosis wasalso not statistically significant.
Key words: tuberculosis, epidemiology, notification, annual risk of infection.
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