An outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis involving HIV-infected patients of two hospitals in Milan, Italy

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1095-1102

  Moro, Maria Luisa ^a   Gori, Andrea ^b   Errante, Isabella ^c   Infuso, Andrea ^a   Franzetti, Fabio ^b   Sodano, Luisa ^b   Iemoli, Enrico ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross infection; HIV infection; Molecular epidemiology; Multidrug resistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Outbreak; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032543649     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199809000-00018     Document Type: Article

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