ESTC: 2017 update

An updated version of the European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ESTC) has been published in the European Respiratory Journal. Since their original publication in 2012, new evidence has led to a review of the ESTC, performed by a panel of international experts and steered by writing groups from the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The updated ESTC includes 21 standards in the areas of diagnosis, treatment, HIV and comorbidities, and public health and prevention. Read the standards in full here.