Microorganisms (Jun 2024)

Tuberculosis in a Migrant Population: Integrated Management of a Case through the Prevention Department and Hospital Services

  • Nahuel Fiorito,
  • Daniela Piacentini,
  • Serena Cian,
  • Anna Voltolini,
  • Jacopo Fagherazzi,
  • Erica Bino,
  • Marika Brancher,
  • Giorgia De Luca,
  • Marica Battistin,
  • Mattia Manzi,
  • Vincenzo Marcotrigiano,
  • Angela Vedana,
  • Christian Napoli,
  • Sandro Cinquetti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061216
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 6
p. 1216

Abstract

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Among numerous public health actions, the Prevention Departments of Local Health Authorities take charge of the migrant asylum-seeking population for health assessments, for the implementation of preventive activities, and for any consequent actions. This report describes two cases of tuberculosis in Belluno Province managed by a multidisciplinary team made up of healthcare workers that involved numerous diagnostic, clinical, and prophylactic implications, as well as an analysis of the epidemiological aspects related to the incidence of cases along the migration route. Although the cases occurred in a northeastern Italian territory, the management methods described here may represent good practices to share on this operational line, which can promote the strengthening of cooperation between Health Authorities and Emergency Reception Centers to correctly identify cases of active tuberculosis that may not have been initially screen-detected.

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