Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Spain

Emerg Infect Dis. 1996 Apr-Jun;2(2):125-9. doi: 10.3201/eid0202.960208.

Authors

J V Rullán¹, D Herrera, R Cano, V Moreno, P Godoy, E F Peiró, J Castell, C Ibañez, A Ortega, L S Agudo, F Pozo

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid, Spain.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / transmission*
Adult
Cross Infection*
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Drug Resistance, Microbial*
Drug Resistance, Multiple*
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Isoniazid / therapeutic use
Male
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
Rifampin / therapeutic use
Spain / epidemiology
Tuberculosis / drug therapy
Tuberculosis / epidemiology
Tuberculosis / microbiology
Tuberculosis / transmission*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
Isoniazid
Rifampin