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Published on: September 5, 2017
[Tuberculosis in Czech Republic in the year 2007]
J Homolka1, F Krejbich, J Holub
1Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 1. lékarská fakulta, I klinika tuberkulózy a respiracních nemocí VFN. jhomolka@cesnet.cz
Background:
The number of notified tuberculosis cases in the Czech Republic decreased in the year 2007. 871 new tuberculosis cases and relapses were reported in the year 2007 (8.4/100 000 inhabitants).
Methods And Results:
744 cases were pulmonary tuberculosis (7.2/100 000) and from them 506 were definite pulmonary cases (4.9/100 000). In 2007 266 smear-positive cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were diagnosed. The decreasing trend in tuberculosis incidence reported since 1998 has continued. Only 14.7% of new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were discovered by active case-finding.
Conclusions:
Next targets of tuberculosis control in the Czech Republic must be an active case-finding in high-risk groups and monitoring of latent tuberculosis infection.
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