Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak on an HIV ward--Madrid, Spain, 1991-1995. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1996. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak on an HIV ward--Madrid, Spain, 1991-1995.

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996 Apr 26;45(16):330-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96192014

Abstract: Beginning in 1990, outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have been reported in hospitals and prisons in the eastern United States (1). During June 1991-January 1995, MDR-TB was diagnosed in 47 patients and one health-care worker at a 120-bed, infectious disease referral hospital in urban Madrid; on April 19, 1995, the Spanish Field Epidemiology Training Program was asked to investigate this outbreak. This report summarizes the findings of this investigation, which suggested that nosocomial transmission of MDR-TB occurred on a hospital ward for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Keywords: Adult Cross Infection/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Female *Hospital Units Human *HIV Infections/COMPLICATIONS Male Middle Age Risk Factors Spain/EPIDEMIOLOGY Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ TRANSMISSION JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultcrossinfection/complications/KWDepidemiology/transmissionfemaleKWDhospitalunitshumanKWDhivinfections/complicationsmalemiddleageriskfactorsspain/epidemiologytuberculosis,multidrug-resistant/complications/KWDepidemiology/transmissionjournalarticle
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