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
VO 51
IS 5
A1 Giovanni Battista Migliori
A1 Giovanni Sotgiu
A1 Senia Rosales-Klintz
A1 Rosella Centis
A1 Lia D'Ambrosio
A1 Ibrahim Abubakar
A1 Graham Bothamley
A1 Jose Antonio Caminero
A1 Daniela Maria Cirillo
A1 Masoud Dara
A1 Gerard de Vries
A1 Stefano Aliberti
A1 Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan
A1 Raquel Duarte
A1 Fabio Midulla
A1 Ivan Solovic
A1 Dragan R. Subotic
A1 Massimo Amicosante
A1 Ana Maria Correia
A1 Andra Cirule
A1 Gina Gualano
A1 Heinke Kunst
A1 Fabrizio Palmieri
A1 Vija Riekstina
A1 Simon Tiberi
A1 Remi Verduin
A1 Marieke J. van der Werf
YR 2018
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/51/5/1702678.abstract
AB The International Standards for Tuberculosis Care define the essential level of care for managing patients who have or are presumed to have tuberculosis, or are at increased risk of developing the disease. The resources and capacity in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area 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 comorbidities, 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 European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care: a guide for clinicians and public health workers to ensure optimal diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB http://ow.ly/C80K30jxr1o