Tuberculosis (TB) is a major infectious disease worldwide. Over recent years, TB caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains (resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains (MDR strains resistant to any fluoroquinolone and to at least one injectable second-line drug (SLD), i.e. kanamycin, capreomycin or amikacin) has emerged as a public health concern in industrialised countries, due to increasing migration from regions where TB is endemic. In migrants coming to Italy from 106 countries, MDR-TB was high from the former Soviet Union and low from Africa

Tuberculosis in migrants from 106 countries to Italy, 2008-2014

RINDI, LAURA;
2016-01-01

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major infectious disease worldwide. Over recent years, TB caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains (resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains (MDR strains resistant to any fluoroquinolone and to at least one injectable second-line drug (SLD), i.e. kanamycin, capreomycin or amikacin) has emerged as a public health concern in industrialised countries, due to increasing migration from regions where TB is endemic. In migrants coming to Italy from 106 countries, MDR-TB was high from the former Soviet Union and low from Africa
2016
Lanfranco, Fattorini; Alessandro, Mustazzolu; Emanuele, Borroni; Giovanni, Piccaro; Federico, Giannoni; Daniela Maria, Cirillo; the Italian Multicentre Study on Resistance to Antituberculosis drugs Group: Ghisetti, V; Mondo, A; Milano, R; Barbui, A; Lorenzetti, P; De Renzi, G; Chirillo, Mg; Molinari, G; Camaggi, A; Carità, Md; Gritti, P; Varnier, O; Senno, E; Mazzola, E; Gesu, G; Cichero, P; Lombardi, A; Libanori, E; De Lorenzo, S; Pinsi, G; Marone, P; Monzillo, V; Matteo, S; Farina, C; Arosio, M; Xxiii, G; Peracchi, M; Manganelli, R; Fabris, C; Scarparo, C; Pedrotti, C; Frizzera, E; Larcher, C; Monte, P; Lombardi, G; Fabio, A; Matteucci, M; Piersimoni, C; Simonetti, Mt; Tortoli, E; Rindi, Laura; Mazzolla, R; Luciano, E; Sanguigni, I; Chiaradonna, P; Tronci, M; Parisi, G; Natili, S; Bordi, E; De Mori, P; Sali, M; Delogu, G; Sanguinetti, M; Russo, C; Coltella, L; Meledandri, M; Ballardini, M; Tomei, G; Santoro, G; Conte, M; Nuzzolese, N; Colonna, C; Buono, L; Sinno, A; Vitullo, E; Costa, D; Grimaldi, A; Di Taranto, A; De Nittis, R; Dodaro, S; Cavalcanti, P; Giraldi, C; Nisticò, S; Di Naso, C; Caddeu, R.
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