Tuberculosis in migrants from 106 countries to Italy, 2008–2014. Issue 4 (4th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fattorini, Lanfranco; Mustazzolu, Alessandro; Borroni, Emanuele; Piccaro, Giovanni; Giannoni, Federico; Cirillo, Daniela Maria
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 47:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 1273
• Page End: 1276
• Publication Date: 2016-02-04
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01844-2015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

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 http://ow.ly/WZDbo