Country of request origin | Country of birth | Sex | Age years | Clinical question to the expert | Time to load request min | Response time h | Strain susceptibility | P/EP | Request for second opinion from the experts | Clinician satisfied | Experts' reported problems |
Italy | Moldova | F | 29 | Treatment regimen (after 9 months, still bacteriologically positive; when to stop it) | 20 | 24 | Susceptible | P | Yes | Yes | No |
Vietnam | Vietnam | F | 14 | Treatment regimen (drug choice) | 20 | 24 | MDR-TB | P | Yes | Yes | No |
Moldova | Moldova | M | 34 | Treatment regimen (drug choice) | 20 | 24 | XDR-TB | P | No | Yes | No |
India | India | F | 12 | Treatment regimen (drug choice) | 20 | 24 | Pre-XDR-TB | P/EP (lymph node) | No | Yes | No |
UK | India | F | 19 | Treatment regimen (drug choice) | 20 | 24 | XDR-TB | EP (cervical and mediastinal lymph node) | No | Yes | No |
UK | Romania | F | 36 | Treatment regimen and drug interactions | 20 | 24 | MDR-TB | P | No | Yes | No |
Italy | Moldova | F | 28 | Treatment duration (drug choice) | 20 | 24 | MDR-TB | P | No | Yes | No |
UK | Somalia | M | 40 | Treatment regimen, advice for monitoring the response and when to stop treatment | 20 | 144# | MDR-TB | EP (mediastinal lymphadenopathy) | No | Yes | No |
UK | India | M | 35 | Advice for management of cachexia, muscle wasting and possible surgery; confirmation of MDR-TB treatment plan | 20 | 48 | MDR-TB | P | No | Yes | No |
UK | India | F | 32 | Treatment regimen, advice for surgery, advice for PET | 20 | 24 | MDR-TB | EP (chronic abscess on left thigh) | No | Yes | No |
P: pulmonary; EP: extrapulmonary; F: female; M: male; MDR: multidrug-resistant; TB: tuberculosis; XDR: extensively drug-resistant; pre-XDR-TB: MDR-TB with additional resistant to a fluoroquinolone drug; PET: positron emission tomography. #: one expert took 6 days to respond.