title: Managing an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak: the public health face of the medal.
authors.affiliation: Regional TB Reference Centre, Villa Marelli Institute/Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy luigi.codecasa@ospedaleniguarda.it.
authors.forename: Luigi R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Codecasa
authors.affiliation: Prevention Dept, ASL Milano, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciconali
authors.affiliation: Regional TB Reference Laboratory, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mazzola
authors.affiliation: Regional TB Reference Centre, Villa Marelli Institute/Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrarese
authors.affiliation: TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cirillo
authors.affiliation: TB Supranational Reference Laboratory, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borroni
authors.affiliation: Regional TB Reference Laboratory, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Gesu
authors.affiliation: TB Competence Center, Swiss Lung Association, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zellweger
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy.
authors.forename: Rosella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Centis
authors.affiliation: Prevention Dept, ASL Milano, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Marino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faccini
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D054908:Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D009593:Nitroimidazoles; D010080:Oxazoles