title: Outbreak or coincidental cases of tuberculosis? Genotyping provides the clue.
abstract: We illustrate how genotyping of mycobacterial strains contributed to the discovery of an undetected outbreak of tuberculosis in a hospital ward, ruling out misleading assumptions of transmission chains. Genotyping should be taken into account in routine tests for the control of tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Preventive Medicine Service, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain. casasricardo@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casas-Fischer
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Penedo-Pallares
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Palacios-Gutierrez
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno-Torrico
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology