Cross-border outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis linked to a university in Romania

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) poses a threat to public health due to its complicated, expensive and often unsuccessful treatment. A cluster of three XDR TB cases was detected among foreign medical students of a Romanian university. The contact investigations included tuberculin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology and infection 2018-05, Vol.146 (7), p.824-831
Hauptverfasser:	Popovici, O., Monk, Ph, Chemtob, D., Chiotan, D., Freidlin, P.J., Groenheit, R., Haanperä, M., Homorodean, D., Mansjö, M., Robinson, E., Rorman, E., Smith, G., Soini, H., Van Der Werf, M. J.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Cluster Analysis Colleges & universities Contact Tracing Disease control Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Disease transmission Drug resistance Epidemics Epidemiology Europe - epidemiology Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - epidemiology Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - microbiology Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - prevention & control Family Female Gene sequencing Genomes Genotyping Health risks Humans Interferon Israel - epidemiology Male Medical students Microscopy Mycobacterium tuberculosis Original Paper Outbreaks Public health Romania - epidemiology Skin tests Smear Sputum Students Students, Medical Tuberculin Tuberculosis Ultrasonic testing Young Adult
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