Longitudinal Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Hospital Setting, Serbia

Longitudinal Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Hospital Setting, Serbia

A retrospective population-based molecular epidemiologic study of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in Serbia (2008–2014) revealed an outbreak of TUR genotype strains in a psychiatric hospital starting around 1990. Drug unavailability, poor infection control, and schizop...

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Main Authors: Irena Arandjelović, Matthias Merker, Elvira Richter, Thomas A. Kohl, Branislava Savić, Ivan Soldatović, Thierry Wirth, Dragana Vuković, Stefan Niemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
multidrug-resistant
MDR TB
whole-genome sequencing
outbreak
transmission
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/3/18-1220_article

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