Trends and challenges in tuberculosis in a medium-sized southern European setting [Notes from the field]

Trends and challenges in tuberculosis in a medium-sized southern European setting [Notes from the field]

Trends in tuberculosis (TB) admissions over 40 years at the Infectious Diseases Clinic of Perugia University Hospital, Perugia, Italy, show that in the last decade non-Italian TB case admissions outweighed those of Italians, with a large number of cases from Eastern Europe (25.2%) and Africa (23.4%)...

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Published in:The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease Vol. 16; no. 5; p. 645
Main Authors: Pasticci, M B, Mazzolla, R, Mercuri, A, Gamboni, G, Bombaci, J C, Tiecco, C, Rubeca, M, Papili, R, Pasticci, F, Casali, L, Ferrara, G, Baldelli, F
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: France 01-05-2012
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Summary:Trends in tuberculosis (TB) admissions over 40 years at the Infectious Diseases Clinic of Perugia University Hospital, Perugia, Italy, show that in the last decade non-Italian TB case admissions outweighed those of Italians, with a large number of cases from Eastern Europe (25.2%) and Africa (23.4%). Non-Italians tended to be younger and were generally new pulmonary TB cases, and drug resistance was also more common. Overall, the number of multidrug-resistant cases increased. Only one case occurred in a native-born Italian, and five of seven cases had newly diagnosed TB. In low TB incidence settings such as Perugia, Italy, TB prevention and control programmes for the foreign-born need to be reinforced.
ISSN:1815-7920