Longitudinal Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Hospital Setting, Serbia.

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Irena ArandjelovićStefan Niemann

Abstract

A retrospective population-based molecular epidemiologic study of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in Serbia (2008-2014) revealed an outbreak of TUR genotype strains in a psychiatric hospital starting around 1990. Drug unavailability, poor infection control, and schizophrenia likely fueled acquisition of additional resistance and bacterial fitness-related mutations over 2 decades.

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Sep 2, 2014·Nature Communications·Francesc CollTaane G Clark
Nov 14, 2016·Microbiology Spectrum·Stefan NiemannPhilip Supply

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Dec 19, 2019·Scientific Reports·Julia BespyatykhVadim Govorun
Oct 7, 2021·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America·Dylan B TierneyEdward A Nardell

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