TY - JOUR

T1 - Vi skal blive bedre til at teste for latent tuberkulose i Danmark

AU - Nordholm, Anne Christine

AU - Ravn, Pernille

AU - Kristensen, Kristina Langholz

AU - Nygaard, Ulrikka

AU - Jensen, Sidse Graff

AU - Wejse, Christian

AU - Andersen, Åse Bengård

AU - Lillebæk, Troels

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health emergency worldwide. WHO recommends low-incidence countries to increase awareness of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) as part of a national preventive strategy. This review focuses on the burden of TB in Denmark, which might be reduced, if more focus was paid on diagnosing LTBI in relevant patients, and treatment to prevent future active TB cases was initiated. LTBI testing should be considered in persons at risk of TB disease, who will benefit from LTBI treatment, e.g. recently infected persons or persons having undergone organ transplantation or having comorbidity such as HIV, dialyses, and immunosuppression.

AB - Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health emergency worldwide. WHO recommends low-incidence countries to increase awareness of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) as part of a national preventive strategy. This review focuses on the burden of TB in Denmark, which might be reduced, if more focus was paid on diagnosing LTBI in relevant patients, and treatment to prevent future active TB cases was initiated. LTBI testing should be considered in persons at risk of TB disease, who will benefit from LTBI treatment, e.g. recently infected persons or persons having undergone organ transplantation or having comorbidity such as HIV, dialyses, and immunosuppression.

KW - Denmark

KW - HIV Infections

KW - Humans

KW - Latent Tuberculosis/diagnosis

KW - Tuberculin Test

KW - Tuberculosis

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

C2 - 31791459

VL - 181

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

SN - 0041-5782

M1 - V09190494

ER -