Transmission of Tuberculosis Among Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus at a University Hospital in Brazil

This study evaluated the IS6110‐RFLP patterns of 109 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of patients with HIV cared for at a Brazilian university hospital. Thirteen clusters involving 35 (32.1%) individuals were identified. Nosocomial transmission was possible in 5 cases. Strategies to prevent M. tu...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2004-12, Vol.25 (12), p.1115-1117
Main Authors: Resende, Mariângela R., Villares, Maria Cecília B., Ramos, Marcelo de C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Brazil
Concise Communications
Cross Infection
Developing Countries
Disease transmission
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Epidemiology
Female
HIV
HIV Infections - complications
Hospitals, University
Human bacterial diseases
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infection Control
Infections
Infectious diseases
LDCs
Male
Medical sciences
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nosocomial infection
Nursing
Physicians
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Public health
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
SARS
Temperature measurement
Tuberculin
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - genetics
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - transmission
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:This study evaluated the IS6110‐RFLP patterns of 109 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of patients with HIV cared for at a Brazilian university hospital. Thirteen clusters involving 35 (32.1%) individuals were identified. Nosocomial transmission was possible in 5 cases. Strategies to prevent M. tuberculosis transmission should be implemented in hospitals in developing countries.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/502354