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Transmission of Tuberculosis Among Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus at a University Hospital in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mariângela R. Resende ,
Maria Cecília B. Villares  and
Marcelo de C. Ramos
Mariângela R. Resende*
Affiliation:
Disciplina de Moléstias Infecciosas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
Maria Cecília B. Villares
Affiliation:
Divisão de Microbiologia, Departamento de Patologia Clínica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
Marcelo de C. Ramos
Affiliation:
Disciplina de Moléstias Infecciosas, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
*
Joaquim Novaes 53/102, Campinas, SP, Brazil, 13015140
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Abstract

This study evaluated the IS6220-RFLP patterns of 109 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of patients with HIV cared for at a Brazilian university hospital. Thirteen clusters involving 35 (32.1%) individuals were identified. Nosocomial transmission was possible in 5 cases. Strategies to prevent M. tuberculosis transmission should be implemented in hospitals in developing countries.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 12 , December 2004 , pp. 1115 - 1117
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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