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Investigation of a cluster of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a high-rise apartment block in Singapore.

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2018

Ho Zheng Jie Marc, Chee Cynthia Bin Eng, Ong Rick Twee-Hee, Sng Li Hwei, Peh Woei Ling Justine, Cook Alex R, Hsu Li Yang, Wang Yee Tang, Koh Han Fang, Lee Vernon Jian Ming

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OBJECTIVE: Between February 2012 and May 2016, six residents of an 11-storey apartment block were diagnosed with MDR-TB. Based on initial tests, all isolates had similar genotypic profiles, although there were no identifiable epidemiological transmission patterns between three cases. We present findings from the cluster investigation and results of a mass screening exercise. DESIGN: Free voluntary TB screening...

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PMID: 29253709
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.12.010

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