publications


Here you will find current publications of the DZK and its employees

Publications
Information reports
Information reports
The annual information report was published from 1971 to 2017 and then discontinued. The information reports can be requested from the DZK.
39th Information Report 2016
  • Key data on tuberculosis in Germany
  • Tuberculin PPD RT 23 SSI supply shortage: recommendations for the use of other diagnostic options
  • The National Reference Center for Mycobacteria at the Research Center Borstel
  • ECDC: Tuberculosis surveillance report, 2014, as of October 2, 2015
  • Capacity building for tuberculosis clinical trials: the Switzerland-Tanzania model
  • The work of DAHW
  • 46th Annual Congress of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease from December 1 - 6, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Implementation of case-finding investigations, patient education measures and communication between public health institutions
  • Tuberculosis as an occupational disease - a special case of assessment
  • Current aspects of latent tuberculosis infection and environmental testing
38th Information Report 2015
  • The WHO's Stop TB Strategy: "A TB-free world by 2050" - in Germany too?
  • Old and new difficulties and possible solutions Securing tuberculosis treatment costs for EU citizens from Eastern Europe without insurance cover
  • Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Germany 2013
  • New DZK guideline project: S2K guideline on therapy, chemoprevention and chemoprophylaxis of tuberculosis in adults in Germany
  • Franz Redeker Prize 2015
  • Report from the 56th Annual Congress of the German Respiratory Society
  • The work of the Stop TB Forum 2014-2015
  • The work of the Günther Labes Foundation ECDC: TB epidemiology, EU/EEA, 2013
  • World Health Organization Tuberculosis Report 2014
  • Report on the 44th Annual Congress of the "International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease" from October 28 to November 1, 2014 in Barcelona
  • The Robert Koch Lecture at the 2014 World Congress of the Union
  • Report on the Wolf Heze Workshop 2015 The Hague
  • New studies on current treatment options: Therapy of resistant tuberculosis. The new recommendation "Guidelines on the Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection" of the World Health Organization Non-tuberculous mycobacteria - a brief overview of epidemiology, diagnostics and therapy
  • Explain TB Update Christian Herzmann, Research Center Borstel
37th Information Report 2014
  • Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Germany 2012
  • Costs of tuberculosis in the EU - a systematic analysis and cost calculation
  • Specialist outpatient care (ASV) for tuberculosis - opinions of the German Association of Respiratory Physicians (BdP)
  • Decision on outpatient specialist care for tuberculosis and atypical mycobacteriosis: from the perspective of the public health service
  • "A snapshot in the fog" - Resistance to second-line drugs among tuberculosis patients in Berlin (2010-2014)
  • Tuberculosis in prisons - Report on a workshop of the judiciary and the public health service
  • Explain TB! - Update
  • The work of the Stop TB Forum 2013-2014
  • Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Austria - The Vienna model
  • HIV and tuberculosis in Cape Town (South Africa) HIV/TB co-infection in Brazil
  • Report on the 55th Congress of the German Respiratory Society in Bremen
  • Report on the 44th World Congress of the "International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease" in Paris, France
  • New therapeutic options for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Delamanid and bedaquiline
  • Current studies on adjuvant therapy options for tuberculosis
36th Information Report 2013
  • Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Germany 2011
  • Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Germany 2010
  • HIV/tuberculosis comorbidity in Germany
  • Tuberculosis outbreak in Berlin-Hasenheide
  • Current tuberculosis therapy in Germany Progress in the last 10 years
  • New drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis
  • Sensitivity of second-line drugs for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
  • 43rd World Congress of the "International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Explain TB!
  • Multilingual, individualized patient education through new media
2019
34th Information Report 2011
  • Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Germany 2009
  • Robert Koch: Commemoration on the 100th anniversary of his death
  • Survey on the implementation of environmental tuberculosis tests in Lower Saxony
  • Survey on the implementation of the recommendations for carrying out environmental investigations
  • Tuberculosis screening for unaccompanied refugee minors
  • Molecular biological rapid tests to determine resistance in tuberculosis bacteria
  • Predictive value of the IGRA for the development of active TB
  • Serial testing of healthcare workers with the IGRA
  • 41st World Congress of the "International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease", Berlin 2010
  • 42nd World Tuberculosis Day Symposium 2011
33rd Information Report 2010
  • Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Germany 2008
  • Global tuberculosis situation - dramatic increase in resistance
  • IGRAs for the detection of active tuberculosis
  • Prevalence of LTBI among healthcare workers
  • Franz Redeker Prize 2010
  • "World Health Summit in Berlin 2009
  • 4th World Tuberculosis Day Symposium 2010