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1. Monitoring the quality of laboratories and the prevalence of resistance to antituberculosis drugs: Italy, 1998–2000

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Migliori, G. B., Fattorini, L., Vaccarino, R., Besozzi, G., Saltini, C., Orefici, G., Iona, E., Matteelli, A., Fiorentini, F., Codecasa, L. R., Casali, Lucio, Cassone, A., De Santis, A., Giorgio, V., Vinciguerra, P., Angarano, G., Petrozzi, L., Costa, D., Gozzellino, F., Perboni, A., Marchetti, D., Pascali, A., Falcone, F., Mariano, V., Rizza, F., Pretto, P., Turano, A., Carosi, G. P., Farris, A. G., Ligia, G. P., Orani, G., Farris, B., Foschi, C., Trucco, G., Aiolfi, S., Ceruti, T., Parpanesi, M., Calabro, S., Felisatti, G., Tortoli, E., Nutini, S., Montini, G., D'Ambrosio, V., Ceraminiello, A., Bernorio, S., Buono, L., Montesano, P., Vinci, E., Sabato, E., Gamba, S., Crepaldi, P., Magliano, E., Penati, V., Vaccarino, P., Astolfi, A., Bertoli, G., Rupianesi, F., Losi, M., Richeldi, L., Ferrara, Giovanni, Minuccio, E., Napolitano, G., Molinari, G. L., Saini, L., Garzone, A., Vertuccio, C., Marcias, S., Menozzi, M., Marone, P., Peona, V., Nascimbene, C., Pasi, A., Cascina, A., Monaco, A., Penza, O., Pasticci, Maria Bruna, Bistoni, F., Sposini, T., Colorizio, V., Confalonieri, M., Bottrighi, P., Macor, G., Moretti, G., Fatigante, R., Barbaro, A., Agati, G., Zaccara, F., Viola, S., Le Donne, R., Farinelli, G., Mancini, D., Ermeti, M., Longi, R., Tronci, M., Bisetti, A., Altieri, A., and Fadda, G.

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Tuberculosis, Prevalence of resistance, Drug Resistance, Antitubercular Agents, Drug resistance, Proficiency testing, Drug, Immigrant, Susceptibility testing, Emigration and Immigration, Humans, Italy, Laboratories, Prevalence, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant, Internal medicine, medicine, Ethambutol, business.industry, Public health, Isoniazid, Bacterial, Multidrug-Resistant, medicine.disease, Surgery, Streptomycin, business, Multiple, Rifampicin, medicine.drug
Abstract

In 1998 a network of 20 regional tuberculosis (TB) laboratories (the Italian Multicentre Study on Resistance to Antituberculosis drugs (SMIRA) network) was established in Italy to implement proficiency testing and to monitor the prevalence of drug resistance nationwide. The network managed 30% of all TB cases reported in Italy each year. The aim of the present report is to describe: 1) the accuracy of drug-susceptibility testing in the network; 2) the prevalence of drug resistance for the period 1998-2000. Data were collected from the network laboratories. Sensitivity to streptomycin and ethambutol increased from the first survey (1998-1999) to the second survey (2000) from 87.7 to 91.9%. Specificity, predictive values for resistance and susceptibility, efficiency and reproducibility were consistent in both surveys. In previously untreated cases, the prevalence of multidrug-resistance was the same in both surveys (1.2%), while a slight decrease from the first to the second survey was observed for monoresistance to rifampicin (from 0.8 to 0.4%) and isoniazid (from 2.9 to 2%). The significant association found between isoniazid resistance and immigration is a useful indicator for both clinicians managing individual tuberculosis cases and public health services planning control strategies.

Published
2003

2. Prevalence of resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs: Results of the 1998/99 national survey in Italy

Author

Giovanni Battista Migliori, Fattorini, L., Vaccarino, R., Besozzi, G., Saltini, C., Orefici, G., Iona, E., Matteelli, A., Fiorentini, F., Codecasa, L. R., Casali, L., Cassone, A., Santis, A., Giorgio, V., Vinciguerra, P., Angarano, G., Petrozzi, L., Costa, D., Gozzellino, F., Perboni, A., Marchetti, D., Pascali, A., Falcone, F., Mariano, V., Rizza, F., Pretto, P., Turano, A., Carosi, G. P., Farris, A. G., Ligia, G. P., Orani, G., Farris, B., Foschi, C., Trucco, G., Aiolfi, S., Ceruti, T., Parpanesi, M., Calabro, S., Felisatti, G., Tortoli, E., Nutini, S., Montini, G., D Ambrosio, V., Ceraminiello, A., Bernorio, S., Buono, L., Montesano, P., Vinci, E., Sabato, E., Gamba, S., Crepaldi, P., Magliano, E., Penati, V., Vaccarino, P., Astolfi, A., Bertoli, G., Rupianesi, F., Losi, M., Richeldi, L., Ferrara, G., Minuccio, E., Napolitano, G., Molinari, G. L., Saini, L., Garzone, A., Vertuccio, C., Marcias, S., Menozzi, M., Marone, P., Peona, V., Nascimbene, C., Pasi, A., Cascina, A., Monaco, A., Penza, O., Pasticci, M. B., Bistoni, F., Sposini, T., Colorizio, V., Confalonieri, M., Bottrighi, P., Macor, G., Moretti, G., Fatigante, R., Barbaro, A., Agati, G., Zaccara, F., Viola, S., Le Donne, R., Farinelli, G., Mancini, D., Ermeti, M., Longi, R., Tronci, M., Bisetti, A., Altieri, A., and Fadda, G.

3. Evaluation of tuberculosis treatment results in Italy, report 1998

Author

Centis, R., Ianni, A., Migliori, G. B., Casali, L., Agati, G., Aiolfi, S., Altieri, A., Ambrosetti, M., Angarano, G., Arossa, W., Bagnasco, G., Bazzerla, G., Berra, A., Besozzi, G., Bottrighi, P., Bugiani, M., Calabro, S., Castiglioni, G., Cavallero, M., Cicchitto, G., luigi codecasa, Colorizio, V., Confalonieri, M., D Ambrosio, L., D Ambrosio, V., Dellatommasa, S., Di Pisa, G., Ermeti, M., Faccini, E., Falcone, F., Farinelli, G., Fatigante, R., Farris, B., Fatur Volante, T., Felisatti, G., Ferranti, P., Fiorentini, F., Foschi, C., Garzone, A., Giorgio, V., Gozzellino, F., Jacopino, L., Lauriello, G., Le Donne, R., Longi, R., Macor, G., Mancini, D., Marchesani, M. F., Marcias, S., Mariano, V., Mennea, G., Monaco, A., Montesano, G., Moretti, G., Napolitano, G., Nardini, S., Nutini, S., Orani, G., Orsi, A., Parpanesi, M., Pasi, A., Penza, O., Perboni, A., Petrozzi, L., Pretto, P., Rossi, S., Sabato, E., Saini, L., Schiavi, L., Tazza, R., Trucco, G., Vertuccio, C., Viviani, U., Volante, M., Vinciguerra, P., Viola, S., Zaccara, F., Barelle, L., Bertoli, G., Bisetti, A., Bistoni, F., Buono, L., Carbonara, S., Carosi, G. P., Cascina, A., Cassone, A., Costa, D., Crepaldi, P., Santis, A., Diamare, F., Fabbro, L., Fadda, G., Farris, A. G., Fattorini, L., Ferrara, G., Gamba, S., Iona, E., and Losi, M.

4. [Computerized tomography in the study of tuberculosis].

Author

Valentini G, Forlani S, Zompatori M, and Longi R

Subjects
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary complications, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary diagnostic imaging
Abstract

Twenty-five HIV-negative patients with proven tuberculosis were studied; 10 of them had had bacteriologic confirmation, 1 tuberculin conversion, 2 biopsy confirmation and in 12 cases ex juvantibus criteria had been followed. All patients underwent X-ray and CT exams of the chest which were useful for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment in 22/25 patients. CT yielded better results than conventional radiography in the following cases: miliary cases (1 CT-positive case vs no positives at conventional X-rays), cavities (12 CT-positive cases vs 6 at conventional X-rays), bronchogenic spread (10 CT-positive cases vs 7 at conventional X-ray), nodules (4 CT-positive cases vs 2 at conventional X-rays), consolidations (5 CT-positive cases vs 1 at conventional X-rays), adenopathies (10 CT-positive cases vs 7 at conventional X-ray), extrapulmonary lesions (3 CT-positive cases vs no case at conventional X-ray). In 13 patients with negative sputum CT helped the diagnosis to be made. Chest radiography is currently the major exam for the first approach to tuberculosis. Nonetheless, CT yields valuable information when clinical signs or bacteriologic information are poor.

Published
1993

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