Beyond pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria disease: do extra-pulmonary forms represent an emerging clinical and public health threat?

Affiliations

• ¹ Dermatology Unit, Dept of Surgical, Microsurgical and Medical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
• ² Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
• ³ Microbiology Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
• ⁴ Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
• ⁵ Cardio-Thoracic Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.