Tuberculosis in the United States: Medical Consultation Services Provided by 5 Tuberculosis Regional Training and Medical Consultation Centers, 2013-2017

Neela D Goswami; Sundari Mase; David Griffith; Rajita Bhavaraju; Alfred Lardizabal; Michael Lauzardo; Lisa Chen; John Wilson; Courtney Chappelle; Connie A Haley

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofz167

Tuberculosis in the United States: Medical Consultation Services Provided by 5 Tuberculosis Regional Training and Medical Consultation Centers, 2013-2017

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 4;6(6):ofz167. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz167. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² World Health Organization, India-WHO Country Office, Delhi, India.
³ Heartland National TB Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, San Antonio, Texas.
⁴ Global Tuberculosis Institute at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey.
⁵ Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center, University of Florida,Gainesville, Florida.
⁶ Curry International Tuberculosis Center, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, California.
⁷ Mayo Clinic Center for Tuberculosis, Rochester, Minnesota.

Abstract

With only 9105 new US tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in 2017, expert consultation is essential for TB care. Data were captured 2013-2017 from consultations by 5 CDC-funded centers, now the TB Centers of Excellence (COEs). 14 586 consultations were provided to TB providers, most related to TB disease and treatment regimens.

Keywords: CDC; Tuberculosis; consultation; medical; national.

Grants and funding

001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International