Application of molecular methods for detection and transmission analysis of mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in patients attending a reference hospital in Italy.

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Published in J Infect Dis on April 01, 1999

Authors

A Cingolani1, A Antinori, M Sanguinetti, L Gillini, A De Luca, B Posteraro, F Ardito, G Fadda, L Ortona

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University, 8-00168 Rome, Italy. andranto@tin.it

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