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A community outbreak of tuberculosis in Southern Austria: lessons learned for a targeted use of molecular epidemiological methods and tuberculin skin testing.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Apr 2006
Schmid D, Indra A, Höger G, Hasenberger P, Robl B, Schöffmann M, Maieron B, Olexsinski G, Stonitsch B, Prodinger W M, Allerberger F
Abstract excerpt
A cluster of 10 cases of tuberculosis disease (one of them extrapulmonary) occurred from July 2001 until November 2003 in a health district in Southern Austria. Eight patients were culture confirmed and shared an identical strain. One of these eight cases was identified as outbreak-related by molecular strain typing only. Due to public pressure, a further 600 persons received chest X-ray and clinical...
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