https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.5668

Epidemiology of mycobacteria infections in Basilicata, Italy: 1999-2012

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2017)
Submitted: 4 December 2015
Accepted: 16 January 2017
Published: 28 March 2017
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Leonardo Buono
leobuono@alice.it
Madonna delle Grazie Hospital, Matera, Italy.
Giuseppe Montesano
Madonna delle Grazie Hospital, Matera, Italy.
This short note describes the epidemiology of mycobacteria related infection through laboratory data in the region of Basilicata (Southern Italy) over a period of 13 years from 1999 to 2012. A total of 14,255 clinical specimens have been evaluated, showing 370 positive identification (84% M.tuberculosis complex and 16% non-tuberculosis mycobacteria).

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Buono, L., & Montesano, G. (2017). Epidemiology of mycobacteria infections in Basilicata, Italy: 1999-2012. Microbiologia Medica, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.5668

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