The European Union standards for tuberculosis care: do they need an update?

Differences between ESTC and new ISTC discussed to inform clinicians and public health officers on best TB management http://ow.ly/tgbzt The International Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ISTC), published for the first time in 2006 [1], introduced a new way of looking at clinical and public health guidelines for tuberculosis (TB). The European Respiratory Journal published an editorial explaining the ISTC, promoting the rapid uptake of the standards [2].