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Epidemiology
Spoligotyping demonstrates nursing auxiliary TB case unrelated to other TB cases
January 17th, 2006
Spoligotyping demonstrates that a nursing auxiliary pulmonary tuberculosis case was unrelated to cases of tuberculosis at the same hospital. "Transmission of tuberculosis within hospitals has been increasingly recognized as a hazard for patients and health care workers. A case of pulmonary tuberculosis was detected in September 2003 in a nursing auxiliary working at Avicenne's Hospital. "This 49 year-old woman was considered infected since April 2003. During this 6 months period, she worked in 23 distinct hospital units and could have contaminated patients and hospital staffs," scientists in France report. "The epidemiological...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-01-17)
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