title: [Tuberculosis cases in the Czech Republic in 2009].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The number of notified tuberculosis cases in the Czech Republic in 2009 was lower than in 2008. 710 new tuberculosis cases and relapses were reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  598 cases were pulmonary tuberculosis and from them 439 were proved pulmonary tuberculosis cases. In 2009 235 smear-positive cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were diagnosed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of tuberculosis was 6.8/100000 inhabitants in 2009. The percentage of tuberculosis cases diagnosed in foreign-born persons living in the Czech Republic increased from 14.2% in 2003 to 19.2% in 2009.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Next targets of tuberculosis control in the Czech Republic must be an active case-finding in the high-risk groups and monitoring of latent tuberculosis infection.
authors.affiliation: Universita Karlova v Praze, 1. lékarská fakulta, I. klinika tuberkulózy a respiracních nemoci VFN. jhomolka@cesnet.cz
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Homolka
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krejbich
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holub
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult