Treatement of latent tubercolosis infection among intravenous drug abusers during the decade 1998-2007

D. Hatzilia, A. Papavasiliou, A. Tsarouha, M. Zontanos, M. Kardamaki, V. Sgountzos, E. Malesios, K. Konstantinou (Athens, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Epidemiological and clinical aspects of tuberculosis control
Session: Epidemiological and clinical aspects of tuberculosis control
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 3039
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstractE-poster

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
D. Hatzilia, A. Papavasiliou, A. Tsarouha, M. Zontanos, M. Kardamaki, V. Sgountzos, E. Malesios, K. Konstantinou (Athens, Greece). Treatement of latent tubercolosis infection among intravenous drug abusers during the decade 1998-2007. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 3039

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
TB epidemiology and drug resistance in Bulgaria (1990-2003)
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 199s
Year: 2004

Interferences HIV infection - pulmonary diseases in Romania between 1990-2003
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 419s
Year: 2004

Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in child patients, 1989-2000
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 472s
Year: 2001

Recurrence of tuberculosis into 2 years after new pulmonary TB cases curred. An observational study 2000-2005, Iasi, Romania
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Outcomes of tuberculosis treatment
Year: 2008


Acceptance, and compliance to treatment for latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) in Geneva (1993-2002)
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 645s
Year: 2005

Trends in antituberculous drug resistance pattern between 1990 and 2000 in a tuberculous reference hospital in Turkey
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 403s
Year: 2002

Drug resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Serbia over five-year period (2001-2005)
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Year: 2008

Tuberculosis contact – impact on children’s affliction with tuberculosis, in Belgrade from 1992-2003 compared to the period 1976-1991
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 198s
Year: 2004

Treatment outcome of multidrug/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia, 2000-2004
Source: Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 584-593
Year: 2010



Epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) in Poland in the period 1994-2003
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 191s
Year: 2005

Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains to antituberculotic drugs over the period 1999-2000
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 614s
Year: 2002

Treatment outcome in multidrug resistant tuberculosis cases at our clinic between 1996-2008
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Multi/extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis
Year: 2009


The tuberculosis situation in Ukraine during 1990-1999
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 341s
Year: 2001

First national survey results of mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in Kosovo, 2007-2008
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Epidemiology of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Year: 2011

Prevalence of drug resistance tuberculosis in the Republic of Moldova during the 1995-2005
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 700s
Year: 2007

Management and outcome of opportunistic mycobacterial infections in non-HIV patients in Leeds: 1995-2000
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 473s
Year: 2001

Treatment outcomes of MDR-TB patients notified in Romania during 2005-2007
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Risk factors and treatment outcomes in multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Year: 2011

Our experience and treatment results of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients between 1996-2002
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 42s
Year: 2003

Treatment outcome of XDR-TB patients in Iran during 2003-2006
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Clinical epidemiology of tuberculosis
Year: 2008

The twin epidemics: HIV / DR-TB co-infection in 2012
Source: International Congress 2015 – Epidemiology of TB: deaths, co-morbidities, migration and children
Year: 2015