Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica
Volume 34, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 261-269

Tuberculosis and immigration [Tuberculosis e inmigración] (Article)

Salas-Coronas J.* , Rogado-González M.C. , Lozano-Serrano A.B. , Cabezas-Fernández M.T.
  • a Unidad de Medicina Tropical, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería, Spain, Centro de Estudio de Las Migraciones y Relaciones Interculturales (CEMyRI), Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain
  • b Unidad de Medicina Tropical, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería, Spain
  • c Unidad de Medicina Tropical, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería, Spain
  • d Unidad de Medicina Tropical, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería, Spain, Centro de Estudio de Las Migraciones y Relaciones Interculturales (CEMyRI), Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain

Abstract

The incidence of tuberculosis worldwide is declining. However, in Western countries this decline is slower due to the impact of immigration. Tuberculosis in the immigrant population is related to health status in the country of origin and with overcrowding and poverty conditions in the host country. Immigrants with tuberculosis are younger, have a higher prevalence of extrapulmonary forms, greater proportion of drug resistance and higher treatment default rates than those of natives. New molecular techniques not only reduce diagnostic delay time but also allow the rapid identification of resistances and improve knowledge of transmission patterns. It is necessary to implement measures to improve treatment compliance in this population group like facilitating access to health card, the use of fixed-dose combination drugs, the participation of cultural mediators and community health workers and gratuity of drugs. © 2016 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Immigration tuberculosis immigrants

Index Keywords

Emigrants and Immigrants human treatment interruption tuberculosis health status Emigration and Immigration Humans crowding (area) Incidence Article poverty immigration delayed diagnosis migrant migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84956667399&doi=10.1016%2fj.eimc.2015.12.010&partnerID=40&md5=7282272212cba51f43cd6fd6cde42335
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2015.12.010
ISSN: 0213005X
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Spanish