Fatal nosocomial MDR TB identified through routine genetic analysis and whole-genome sequencing

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):1082-4. doi: 10.3201/eid2106.141903.
No abstract available

Keywords: MDR-TB; antimicrobial resistance; health care workers; nosocomial infection; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; whole-genome sequencing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cross Infection*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Genomics*
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology*