Tuberculosis in Czech Republic in the year 2007
Authors:
J. Homolka 1; F. Krejbich 1; J. Holub 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 1. lékařská fakulta, I. klinika tuberkulózy a respiračních nemocí VFN
1; Ústav zdravotnických informací a statistiky České republiky
2
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2009; 148: 197-200
Category:
Original Article
Overview
Background.
The number of notified tuberculosis cases in the Czech Republic decreased in the year 2007. 871 new tuberculosis cases and relapses were reported in the year 2007 (8.4/100 000 inhabitants).
Methods and Results.
744 cases were pulmonary tuberculosis (7.2/100 000) and from them 506 were definite pulmonary cases (4.9/100 000). In 2007 266 smear-positive cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were diagnosed. The decreasing trend in tuberculosis incidence reported since 1998 has continued. Only 14.7% of new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were discovered by active case-finding.
Conclusions.
Next targets of tuberculosis control in the Czech Republic must be an active case-finding in high-risk groups and monitoring of latent tuberculosis infection.
Key words:
tuberculosis, epidemiology, treatment, resistance.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
Journal of Czech Physicians
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