TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycobacterium malmoense in Italy
T2 - The modern Norman invasion?
AU - Tortoli, Enrico
AU - Piersimoni, Claudio
AU - Bartoloni, Alessandro
AU - Burrini, Claudio
AU - Callegaro, A. Paola
AU - Caroli, Giuseppe
AU - Colombrita, Domenico
AU - Goglio, Antonio
AU - Mantella, Antonia
AU - Tosi, Cristiana Passerini
AU - Simonetti, M. Tullia
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The isolation of Mycobacterium malmoense has for a long time been restricted to few countries of Northern Europe; reports from countries other than Sweden, Great Britain and Finland are rare and the first Italian case report has been published in 1995. Since 1988, however, fifteen strains of M. malmoense have been isolated in Italy, eleven of which in the last two years; of these, ten appeared clinically significant on the basis of medical records. The susceptibility of the strains and the role of high performance liquid chromatography of cell wall mycolic acids for a reliable identification are discussed.
AB - The isolation of Mycobacterium malmoense has for a long time been restricted to few countries of Northern Europe; reports from countries other than Sweden, Great Britain and Finland are rare and the first Italian case report has been published in 1995. Since 1988, however, fifteen strains of M. malmoense have been isolated in Italy, eleven of which in the last two years; of these, ten appeared clinically significant on the basis of medical records. The susceptibility of the strains and the role of high performance liquid chromatography of cell wall mycolic acids for a reliable identification are discussed.
KW - Antimicrobial susceptibility
KW - Mycobacteriosis
KW - Mycobacterium malmoense
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1007375114106
DO - 10.1023/A:1007375114106
M3 - Article
C2 - 9258535
AN - SCOPUS:8544283774
VL - 13
SP - 341
EP - 346
JO - European Journal of Epidemiology
JF - European Journal of Epidemiology
SN - 0393-2990
IS - 3
ER -