Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to healthcare personnel resulting from contaminated bone graft material, United States, June 2021- August 2022.
Ruoran LiMolly Deutsch-FeldmanTamasin AdamsMichelle LawChinpar BiakErika PitcherMarci DreesAlfonso C Hernandez-RomieuThomas D FilardoTracina CropperAngelica MartinezW Wyatt WilsonAlexia V HarristSapna Bamrah MorrisJonathan M WorthamIsaac BenowitzNoah G SchwartzKelly WhiteMaryam B HaddadJanet B Glowicznull nullPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
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.
Keyphrases
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- heavy metals
- healthcare
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- drinking water
- bone mineral density
- risk assessment
- soft tissue
- sewage sludge
- kidney transplantation
- bone regeneration
- cross sectional
- health information
- body composition
- social media
- patient reported outcomes
- adverse drug
- electronic health record
- municipal solid waste