1 Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
2 Royal Free London NHS Trust and UCL Respiratory, Division of Medicine, University College London, UK.
3 Dept of Infectious Diseases, San Matteo Hospital Foundation-University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
4 Regional TB Reference Centre, Villa Marelli Institute/Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
5 University Centre of Statistics for Biomedical Sciences (CUSSB), Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
6 Microbiology Unit - Dept of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
7 Translational Research Unit, Epidemiology Dept, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.
8 Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
9 Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy cirillo.daniela@hsr.it.