Investigation of a cluster of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a high-rise apartment block in Singapore

Investigation of a cluster of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a high-rise apartment block in Singapore

Objective: Between February 2012 and May 2016, six residents of an 11-storey apartment block were diagnosed with MDR-TB. Based on initial tests, all isolates had similar genotypic profiles, although there were no identifiable epidemiological transmission patterns between three cases. We present find...

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Main Authors: Zheng Jie Marc Ho, Cynthia Bin Eng Chee, Rick Twee-Hee Ong, Li Hwei Sng, Woei Ling Justine Peh, Alex R. Cook, Li Yang Hsu, Yee Tang Wang, Han Fang Koh, Vernon Jian Ming Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mass Screening
Sequencing
Outbreaks
Epidemiology
Urban
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217303223

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