Nosocomial Tuberculosis: An Outbreak of a Strain Resistant to Seven Drugs
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology1995Vol. 16(3), pp. 152–159
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Robin M. Ikeda, Guthrie S. Birkhead, George T. DiFerdinando, Donald L. Bornstein, Samuel Dooley, George P. Kubica, Dale L. Morse
Abstract
These data strongly suggest nosocomial transmission of MDR-TB to HCWs, patients, and a prison correctional officer working in the hospital. Factors contributing to transmission apparently included prolonged infectiousness of the likely source patient and inadequate environmental controls. Continued urgent attention to TB infection control is needed.
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