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What Factors May Influence Epidemiological Situation of Tuberculosis in Poland and in the World?

by
Ewa Rowińska-Zakrzewska
1,
Maria Korzeniewska-Koseła
2,
Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć
3 and
Monika Szturmowicz
4,*
1
Professor Emeritus, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
2
Department of Tuberculosis Epidemiology and Surveillance, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Reseach Institute, Warsaw, Poland
3
Department of Microbiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
4
I Department of Lung Diseases, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, ul. Płocka 26, 01-138 Warsaw, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2016, 84(2), 126-133; https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2016.0013
Submission received: 7 January 2016 / Revised: 23 March 2016 / Accepted: 23 March 2016 / Published: 23 March 2016

Abstract

The authors present the review of factors influencing epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in Poland and in the world. The groups of increased risk of tuberculosis, and clinical conditions predisposing to activation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) such as HIV, uremia, diabetes mellitus, transplantation of organs, treatment with glucocorticosteroids and with antibodies to TNF and to its receptors, were presented. The higher prevalence and worse prognosis of tuberculosis in elderly people was emphasised. The methods of LTBI recognition, according to recent recommendations, with special consideration to patients in immunosupression, were shown. Methods of treatment to prevent LTBI activation, according to WHO experts, were also presented. All data were discussed in relation to the actual epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in Poland.
Keywords: tuberculosis; immunology; epidemiology; risk groups; latent tuberculosis infection; diagnosis; treatment tuberculosis; immunology; epidemiology; risk groups; latent tuberculosis infection; diagnosis; treatment

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Rowińska-Zakrzewska, E.; Korzeniewska-Koseła, M.; Augustynowicz-Kopeć, E.; Szturmowicz, M. What Factors May Influence Epidemiological Situation of Tuberculosis in Poland and in the World? Adv. Respir. Med. 2016, 84, 126-133. https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2016.0013

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Rowińska-Zakrzewska E, Korzeniewska-Koseła M, Augustynowicz-Kopeć E, Szturmowicz M. What Factors May Influence Epidemiological Situation of Tuberculosis in Poland and in the World? Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2016; 84(2):126-133. https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2016.0013

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Rowińska-Zakrzewska, Ewa, Maria Korzeniewska-Koseła, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć, and Monika Szturmowicz. 2016. "What Factors May Influence Epidemiological Situation of Tuberculosis in Poland and in the World?" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 84, no. 2: 126-133. https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2016.0013

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Rowińska-Zakrzewska, E., Korzeniewska-Koseła, M., Augustynowicz-Kopeć, E., & Szturmowicz, M. (2016). What Factors May Influence Epidemiological Situation of Tuberculosis in Poland and in the World? Advances in Respiratory Medicine, 84(2), 126-133. https://doi.org/10.5603/PiAP.2016.0013

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