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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Li, Ruoran
• Deutsch-Feldman, Molly
• Adams, Tamasin
• Law, Michelle
• Biak, Chinpar
• Pitcher, Erika
• Drees, Marci
• Hernandez-Romieu, Alfonso C
• Filardo, Thomas D
• Cropper, Tracina
• Martinez, Angelica
• Wyatt Wilson, W
• Althomsons, Sandy P
• Morris, Sapna Bamrah
• Wortham, Jonathan M
• Benowitz, Isaac
• Schwartz, Noah G
• White, Kelly
• Haddad, Maryam B
• Glowicz, Janet B

Titel

Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Healthcare Personnel Resulting From Contaminated Bone Graft Material, United States, June 2021–August 2022

Ist Teil von

• Clinical infectious diseases, 2023-05, Vol.76 (10), p.1847-1849

Ort / Verlag

US: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract A nationwide tuberculosis outbreak linked to a viable bone allograft product contaminated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified in June 2021. Our subsequent investigation identified 73 healthcare personnel with new latent tuberculosis infection following exposure to the contaminated product, product recipients, surgical instruments, or medical waste.