TY - JOUR AU - Buono, Leonardo AU - Montesano, Giuseppe PY - 2017/03/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Epidemiology of mycobacteria infections in Basilicata, Italy: 1999-2012 JF - Microbiologia Medica JA - Microbiol Med VL - 32 IS - 1 SE - Short Communications DO - 10.4081/mm.2017.5668 UR - https://www.pagepressjournals.org/mm/article/view/5668 SP - AB - 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% <em>M.tuberculosis</em> complex and 16% non-tuberculosis mycobacteria). ER -