A case of healthcare-associated, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Austria: reconsidering the value of cohorting of patients with culture-positive tuberculosis.
Cohorting of patients with culture-positive tuberculosis is still widely practiced in Austria, a country where approximately 1% of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates are multidrug resistant. Cohorting of patients with tuberculosis prior to determination of drug susceptibility is unacceptable because M. tuberculosis superinfection can occur.
Indra
Alexander
A
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria. Franz.Allerberger@ages.at.
Robl
Barbara
B
Aumüller
Ingrid
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Magnet
Eva
E
Meusburger
Stefan
S
Allerberger
Franz
F
D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*