title: A death associated with therapy for nosocomially acquired multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
abstract: Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is difficult and has been associated rarely with severe side effects. We report the nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis to a health-care worker who was seronegative for HIV infection. She died because of liver failure associated with treatment for active multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Weltman
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: DiFerdinando
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Washko
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Lipsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents