2012
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00203811
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European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care

Abstract: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) jointly developed European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ESTC) aimed at providing European Union (EU)-tailored standards for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis (TB).The International Standards for TB Care (ISTC) were developed in the global context and are not always adapted to the EU setting and practices. The majority of EU countries have the resources and capacity to impleme… Show more

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“…In line with the new EU standards for TB care [57], such an investment could clearly contribute to fulfil the goal of eliminating TB in the future.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In line with the new EU standards for TB care [57], such an investment could clearly contribute to fulfil the goal of eliminating TB in the future.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Established clinical traditions which are prevalent in FSU countries, such as hospitalising non-infectious TB cases for the intensive phase of treatment (2 months) and admitting TB suspects for further investigations, do not comply with international recommendations, and pose infection control problems on top of generating unnecessary costs [1,2,3,4]. In addition, unnecessary hospital admission imposes financial and psychosocial burdens for TB patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The economic savings that such a change will generate could be directed to strengthen human resources at the primary health-care level, with improved quality of life for patients and reduced risk of nosocomial transmission [1,2,3,4].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The growth rate of different species of Mycobacterium greatly varies from species to species in artificial medium except M. leprae which is not cultivable in any artificial medium. The emergence of MDR [12,13], XDR strains of M. tuberculosis [14] as well as the infection of NTMs in immune suppressive individuals is a major concern to the Anti microbacterial therapy. Excluding the infection by predominant species of mycobacteria viz, M. tuberculosis, M. bovis and M. leprae several other species of the genus are being reported as etiologic agent of human pulmonary infection [15].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%