MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN FINLAND

Authors
TALA E VILJANEN M
Citation
E. Tala et M. Viljanen, MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN FINLAND, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 1995, pp. 7-8
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Year of publication
1995
Supplement
98
Pages
7 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1995):<7:MIIF>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In Finland, the situation with regard to tuberculosis has been constan tly improving during recent gears, and the WHO criteria for a low inci dence country (10/100,000) are presently satisfied. In contrast, the n umber of clinical specimens yielding atypical mycobacteria by isolatio n has rapidly increased. Organisms belonging in Mycobacterium avium-in tracellulare complex dominate among the isolated species.