Great diversity of tuberculosis treatment in Finland

T Vasankari; M Kokki; P Holmström; K Liippo; S Sarna; P Ruutu

doi:10.2807/esm.12.01.00676-en

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Great diversity of tuberculosis treatment in Finland

T Vasankari¹, M Kokki², P Holmström², K Liippo³, S Sarna⁴, P Ruutu⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Preitilä, Finland ² Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland ³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Preitilä, Finland ⁴ Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland ⁵ Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Helsinki, Finland

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Citation style for this article: Vasankari T, Kokki M, Holmström P, Liippo K, Sarna S, Ruutu P. Great diversity of tuberculosis treatment in Finland. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(1):pii=676. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.12.01.00676-en

Abstract

We investigated the treatments given and the outcome in a national cohort of culture-verified pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Finland. Our aim was to find out how adequate TB treatment was, and the outcome of treatment. Medical records of all culture-verified pulmonary tuberculosis cases in 1995 - 1996 were abstracted to assess treatment and outcome, using the European recommendations for outcome monitoring.