Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Outbreak among Immigrants in Tokyo, Japan, 2019–2021

In mid-September 2019, a teenage Chinese male student and part-time waiter in Tokyo was diagnosed with multidrug-resistant (MDR) sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). This study describes the outbreak investigation of his friends and colleagues at the restaurant. We investigated 6 frien...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 2022/09/30, Vol.75(5), pp.527-529
Hauptverfasser:	Kobayashi, Yumi, Tateishi, Ai, Hiroi, Yumi, Minakuchi, Toki, Mukouyama, Haruko, Ota, Masaki, Nagata, Yoko, Hirao, Susumu, Yoshiyama, Takashi, Keicho, Naoto
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Computed tomography Coronaviruses disease outbreak epidemiology Immigrants Interferon Multidrug resistance Municipalities Outbreaks Pandemics Prophylaxis Public health Sputum Tuberculosis γ-Interferon
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