Abstract
The Greek National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria is a major source of tuberculosis (TB)-related data for Greece, where the TB burden and epidemiology still need to be better defined. We present data regarding newly diagnosed TB cases and resistance to anti-TB drugs during the last 15 years in Greece. Although the total number of newly detected TB cases has declined, cases among immigrants are increasing. Resistance to first-line anti-TB drugs is widely prevalent, although stable or declining. The implementation of an efficient and effective countrywide TB surveillance system in Greece is urgently needed.
Publication types
-
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
-
Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
-
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
-
Emigrants and Immigrants / statistics & numerical data
-
Female
-
Greece / epidemiology
-
Greece / ethnology
-
Humans
-
Isoniazid / pharmacology*
-
Male
-
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
-
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
-
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
-
National Health Programs
-
Population Surveillance / methods
-
Prevalence
-
Rifampin / pharmacology*
-
Tuberculosis / diagnosis
-
Tuberculosis / drug therapy
-
Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
-
Tuberculosis / microbiology
-
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
-
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology*
-
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology
Substances
-
Antitubercular Agents
-
Isoniazid
-
Rifampin