Drug-resistant tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in Italy

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 497-500

  Fattorini, Lanfranco ^a   Mustazzolu, Alessandro ^a   Piccaro, Giovanni ^a   Pardini, Manuela ^a   Filippini, Perla ^a   Giannoni, Federico ^a   Migliori, Giovanni Battista ^b   Sotgiu, Giovanni ^c   Borroni, Emanuele ^d   Cirillo, Daniela Maria ^d   Piersimoni, C ^e   Lorenzetti, P ^f   Costa, D ^g   Grimaldi, A ^h   Arosio, M ⁱ   Goglio, A ⁱ   Mazza, C ^j   Squintani, L ^j   Larcher, C ^k   Frizzera, E ^k   Pinsi, G ^l   Caddeu, R ^m   Farris, A G ^m   Di Naso, C ⁿ   Cavalcanti, P ^o   Tomei, G ^p   Mantini, G ^p   Tortoli, E ^q   Simonetti, M T ^q   Di Taranto, A ^r   Senno, E ^s   Nistico S ^t   Colonna, C ^u   Buono, L ^u   Mazzola, E ^v   Gesu, G ^v   Cichero, P ^d   Lombardi, A ^w   Fabio, A ^x   Santoro, G ^y   Molinari, G L ^z   Camaggi, A ^z   Chirillo, M G ^aa   Peracchi, M ^ab   Fallico, L ^ab   Marone, P ^ac   Bono, L ^ac   Mazzolla, R ^ad   Tiecco, C ^ad   Chiaradonna, P ^ae   Tronci, M ^ae   Altieri, A M ^ae   Bordi, E ^af   De Mori, P ^af   Di Caro, A ^af   Libanori, E ^ag   De Lorenzo, S ^ag   Milano, R ^ah   Mondo, A ^ah   Barbui, A ^ai   Centis, R ^b   D'Ambrosio, L ^b   Spanevello, A ^b   Caola, I ^aj   Fabris, C ^e   Screm, M C ^ak   Scarparo, C ^ak   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^f Aosta Hospital   (Italy)

^g POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^h Ospedale Fallacara   (Italy)

ⁱ OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^j MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige   (Italy)

^l SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^m Binaghi Hospital   (Italy)

ⁿ Policlinico Ospedaliero Garibaldi Centro   (Italy)

^o Ospedale Annunziata   (Italy)

^p Ospedale di Chieti   (Italy)

^q CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^r Ospedale di Foggia   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^t Ospedale di Lamezia Terme   (Italy)

^u Ospedale Contrada Ambulante   (Italy)

^v OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^y MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^z ALS Center   (Italy)

^aa SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^ac FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^ad Azienda Ospedaliera S Maria della Misericordia   (Italy)

^ae SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^af NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^ag Azienda Ospedaliera Valtellina e Valchiavenna   (Italy)

^ah AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ai Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria S Giovanni Battista   (Italy)

^aj Ospedale di Trento   (Italy)

^ak SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CAPREOMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARMENIA; ASIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELARUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FOREIGNER; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LETTER; MOLDOVA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84864754373     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00021012     Document Type: Letter

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