RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 ERS/ECDC Statement: European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care - 2017 update
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 1702678
DO 10.1183/13993003.02678-2017
A1 GB Migliori
A1 G Sotgiu
A1 S Rosales-Klintz
A1 R Centis
A1 L D'Ambrosio
A1 I Abubakar
A1 G Bothamley
A1 JA Caminero
A1 DM Cirillo
A1 M Dara
A1 G de Vries
A1 S Aliberti
A1 AT Dinh-Xuan
A1 R Duarte
A1 F Midulla
A1 I Solovic
A1 D Subotic
A1 M Amicosante
A1 AM Correira
A1 A Cirule
A1 G Gualano
A1 H Kunst
A1 F Palmieri
A1 V Riekstina
A1 S Tiberi
A1 R Verduin
A1 MJ van der Werf
YR 2018
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2018/04/05/13993003.02678-2017.abstract
AB The International Standards for Tuberculosis (TB) Care define the essential level of care for managing patients who have or are presumed to have TB, or are at increased risk of developing the disease. The resources and capacity in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EU/EEA) permit higher standards of care to secure quality and timely TB diagnosis, prevention and treatment. On this basis, the European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ESTC) were published in 2012 as standards specifically tailored to the EU-setting. Since the publication of the ESTC new scientific evidence has become available and, therefore, the standards were reviewed and updated.A panel of international experts, led by a writing group from the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), updated the ESTC on the basis of new published evidence. The underlying principles of these patient-centred standards remain unchanged. The second edition of the ESTC includes 21 standards in the areas of diagnosis, treatment, HIV and co-morbidities, and public health and prevention.The ESTC target clinicians and public health workers, provide an easy-to-use resource and act as a guide through all the required activities to ensure optimal diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB.The ESTC: a guide for clinicians and public health workers to ensure optimal diagnosis,treatment and prevention of TB.FootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.Conflict of interest: Dr. Migliori has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Sotgiu has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Rosales Klintz has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Centis has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. D'Ambrosio has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Abubakar has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Prof. Bothamley has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Caminero has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Cirillo has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Dara has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. de Vries has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Prof. Aliberti reports grants and personal fees from Bayer Healthcare, grants and personal fees from Aradigm Corporation, grants and personal fees from Grifols, personal fees from Astra Zeneca, personal fees from Basilea, personal fees from Zambon, personal fees from Novartis, personal fees from Raptor, grants and personal fees from Chiesi, personal fees from Actavis UK Ltd, personal fees from Horizon, grants and personal fees from INSMED, outside the submitted work.Conflict of interest: Dr. Dinh-Xuan has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Duarte has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Midulla has nothing to disclose.Dr. Solovic has nothing to disclose.Dr. Subotic has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. AmicosanteConflict of interest: Dr. Correia has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Cirule has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Gualano has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Kunst has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Palmieri has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. RIEKSTINA has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Tiberi has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Verduin has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. van der Werf has nothing to disclose.