Outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at a hospital--New York City, 1991.
From January 1991 through July 1992, multidrug-resistant (i.e., resistant to at least isoniazid [INH] and rifampin [RIF]) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) was isolated from 43 (22%) of 198 patients with newly diagnosed TB at a New York City hospital. This report summarizes an epidemiologic investigation by the hospital infection-control, infectious diseases, and employee services staffs and presents information for the 32 patients in whom MDR-TB was diagnosed during January 1991-March 1992 (these were the only patients for whom complete information was available and analyzed).
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents