Pulmonologists advise screening Ukrainian refugees for TB

The German Respiratory Society (DGP) is expecting patients with tuberculosis (TB) to be among the war refugees from Ukraine. "Therefore, it must be ensured that these people continue to be medically treated without any breaks, so that their treatment is successful," said Torsten Bauer, MD, in a press release from the DGP and the German Central Committee Against Tuberculosis (DZK). Bauer is president of the DGP and DZK, as well as chief physician of the Heckeshorn Pulmonary Clinic in Berlin.