Extrapulmonary tuberculosis among migrants in Europe, 1995 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The proportion of tuberculosis (TB) cases occurring in migrants in Europe is increasing. Extrapulmonary TB poses challenges in diagnosis and treatment and causes serious morbidity and mortality, yet its extent in migrant populations is unclear. We assessed patterns of extrapulmonary TB in migrants across the European Union (EU)/European Free Trade Association (EFTA). We investigated the proportion of extrapulmonary TB cases among migrants versus non-migrants, and variations by specific site of disease, reporting European region, and migrant region of origin.

Methods

We carried out a cross-sectional secondary database analysis, utilizing 23 years of data collected between 1995 and 2017 from the European Surveillance System of the European Centre for Disease Prevent

SUBMITTER: Hayward SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437049 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature