Tuberculosis and immigrants: A SIMIT (Italian society of infectious diseases) clinical, epidemiological multicentric research investigation

New Microbiologica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-47

  Scotto, Gaetano ^a   Fornabaio, Chiara ^a   Prato, Rosa ^a   Saracino, Annalisa ^a,b   Tartaglia, Alessandra ^a   Di Tullio, Rocco ^a   Carbonara, Sergio ^c   Angarano, Gioacchino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b Committee on Migration of the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drag resistance; Immigration; Mycobacterium; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 62149133015     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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