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

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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 ; Wilson, W. Wyatt ; Althomsons, Sandy P. ; Morris, Sapna Bamrah ; Wortham, Jonathan M. ; Benowitz, Isaac ; Schwartz, Noah G. ; White, Kelly ; Haddad, Maryam B. ; Glowicz, Janet B.
• Corporate Authors:
  Bone Allograft Tuberculosis Investigators
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Disease Outbreaks Health Personnel Humans Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Tuberculosis United States
• Keywords:
  Bone Transplantation Contact Investigation Healthcare-associated Infections Surgical Procedures Tuberculosis
• Source:
  Clin Infect Dis. 76(10):1847-1849
• Pubmed ID:
  36660866
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11308651
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  76
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha-512:b93b3758e72313a3bfc7695f10c70efb5aa63a48472be6bc906d38de2aa53fecd0607cef76d0d4af6a2efabc9101bbe534407dd8bbd21f79d7e5d1aaca0b0058
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