title: Multistate outbreak of MDR TB identified by genotype cluster investigation.
abstract: In 2008, diagnosis and investigation of 2 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases with matching genotypes led to identification of an outbreak among foreign-born persons who performed short-term seafood production work in Alaska during 2006. Tuberculosis control programs should consider the possibility of domestic transmission even among foreign-born patients.
authors.affiliation: California Department of Public Health, TB Control Branch, 850 Marina Bay Pkwy, Bldg P, 2nd Fl, Richmond, CA 94804, USA. pennan.barry@cdph.ca.gov
authors.forename: Pennan M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Tracie J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Funk
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: Tambi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials