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List of works by Luigi Codecasa

A rare case of multi-focal human TB after BCG instillation for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Active Tuberculosis Case Finding Interventions Among Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy.

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

An in-house RD1-based enzyme-linked immunospot-gamma interferon assay instead of the tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

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Challenges and perspectives in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

scientific article published on 20 March 2014

Characterizing Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Infection in Bronchiectasis

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Chest pain and a left parasternal soft tissue swelling in an immunocompetent refugee with disseminated tuberculosis

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Circulating, Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific lymphocytes from PPD skin test-negative patients with tuberculosis do not secrete interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and lack the cutaneous lymphocyte antigen skin-selective homing receptor.

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Clinical and operational value of the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis definition

scientific article published on 09 August 2007

Comparison between spoligotyping and IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphisms in molecular genotyping analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains

scientific article published on 17 March 2005

Cost-effectiveness of bedaquiline in MDR and XDR tuberculosis in Italy.

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Determinants of patient and health care services delays for tuberculosis diagnosis in Italy: a cross-sectional observational study

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Differential diagnosis of cervical mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children

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Effect of HIV-infection on QuantiFERON-plus accuracy in patients with active tuberculosis and latent infection

scientific article published on 22 February 2020

Effect of therapy on Quantiferon-Plus response in patients with active and latent tuberculosis infection

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing regimens in the treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB: a multicentre study.

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Epidemiology and treatment outcome of MDR and pre-XDR TB in international migrants at two reference centers in the North of Italy: a cross-sectional study coordinated by Stop TB Italia Onlus

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Exogenous reinfection of tuberculosis in a low-burden area.

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

First evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus performance in contact screening.

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First independent evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB Plus performance.

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Fluoroquinolones: are they essential to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis?

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Genotyping analyses of tuberculosis transmission among immigrant residents in Italy.

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Implementing TB control in a rural, resource-limited setting: the stop-TB Italia project in Senegal

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Incidence of venous thromboembolism in tuberculosis patients

scientific article published on 28 May 2004

Influence of Hospitalization upon Diagnosis on the Risk of Tuberculosis Clustering.

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Latent Tuberculosis Infection Treatment Completion while Shifting Prescription from Isoniazid-Only to Rifampicin-Containing Regimens: A Two-Decade Experience in Milan, Italy

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Latent tuberculous infection among foreign-born individuals applying to shelters in the metropolitan area of Milan

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Lessons learnt from TB screening in closed immigration centres in Italy

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Long-term moxifloxacin in complicated tuberculosis patients with adverse reactions or resistance to first line drugs

scientific article published on 15 February 2006

Management of patients with multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe: a TBNET consensus statement

scientific article published on 23 March 2014

Managing an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak: the public health face of the medal.

scientific article published in January 2015

Microbiological confirmation of tuberculosis cases at diagnosis and at the end of treatment in Italy

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis

scientific article published on 15 May 2006

Molecular epidemiology study of exogenous reinfection in an area with a low incidence of tuberculosis

scientific article published in June 2001

Mycobacterium chimaera infections: An update

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Mycobacterium lentiflavum infection in immunocompetent patient

scientific article published on January 2005

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing family: analysis of the epidemiological and clinical factors associated with an emerging lineage in the urban area of Milan.

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Pregnancy in patients with tuberculosis: a TBNET cross-sectional survey.

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Pulmonary disease by non-tuberculous mycobacteria - clinical management, unmet needs and future perspectives.

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Real-life evaluation of clinical outcomes in patients undergoing treatment for non-tuberculous mycobacteria lung disease: A ten-year cohort study

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Ripped from the headlines: how can we harness communications to control TB?

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Risk Assessment of Tuberculosis in Contacts by IFN-γ Release Assays. A Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group Study.

scientific article published on May 2015

Surveillance of adverse events in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: A global feasibility study

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Surveillance of adverse events in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: first global report

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

T-cell subsets in sarcoidosis: an immunocytochemical investigation of blood, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and prescalenic lymph nodes from eight patients

scientific article published on 01 May 1986

The Italian registry of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria - IRENE: the study protocol

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The role of therapeutic drug monitoring in individualised drug dosage and exposure measurement in tuberculosis and HIV co-infection.

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The spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis in children: an Italian case series.

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Towards ending TB: civil community engagement in a rural area of Senegal: results, challenges and future proposal

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

Towards tailored regimens in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective study in two Italian reference Centres

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Milan, Italy: epidemiological analysis and evaluation of interventions

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Tuberculosis control in big cities and urban risk groups in the European Union: a consensus statement.

scientific article published on 6 March 2014

Tuberculosis outbreak in a primary school, Milan, Italy.

scientific article published on March 2013

Tuberculosis-related stigma leading to an incomplete contact investigation in a low-incidence country

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Use of a T-cell interferon- release assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

scientific article published on 22 August 2007

Use of a T-cell-based test for detection of tuberculosis infection among immunocompromised patients.

scientific article published on 15 March 2006

Use of commercial interferon-gamma assays in immunocompromised patients for tuberculosis diagnosis

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Validation of the agar proportion and 2 liquid systems for testing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to moxifloxacin

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

miRNA signatures in sera of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis

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