XDR-tuberculosis in France: Community transmission due to non-compliance with isolation precautions

Med Mal Infect. 2016 Feb;46(1):52-5. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2015.12.008. Epub 2016 Jan 19.
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Keywords: Cross-transmission; Transmission croisée; Tuberculose XDR; XDR-tuberculosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adalimumab / adverse effects
  • Adalimumab / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis
  • Community-Acquired Infections / transmission*
  • Contact Tracing*
  • Cross Infection / diagnosis
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / epidemiology
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / prevention & control
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / transmission*
  • France / epidemiology
  • Georgia (Republic) / ethnology
  • Hospital Departments
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Infectious Disease Medicine
  • Male
  • Patient Compliance*
  • Patient Isolation*
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Hepatic / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / microbiology

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Adalimumab