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. 2021 Sep 10;70(36):1261-1263.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7036a4.

Notes from the Field: Tuberculosis Outbreak Linked to a Contaminated Bone Graft Product Used in Spinal Surgery - Delaware, March-June 2021

Ruoran Li, W Wyatt Wilson, Noah G Schwartz, Alfonso C Hernandez-Romieu, Janet Glowicz, Emily Hanlin, Malikah Taylor, Heather Pelkey, Carol A Briody, Lija Gireesh; DNP5; Mark Eskander, Kenneth Lingenfelter, Sandy P Althomsons, Rebekah J Stewart, Rebecca Free, Pallavi Annambhotla, Sridhar V Basavaraju, Jonathan M Wortham, Sapna Bamrah Morris, Isaac Benowitz, Maryam B Haddad, Rick Hong, Marci Drees

Notes from the Field: Tuberculosis Outbreak Linked to a Contaminated Bone Graft Product Used in Spinal Surgery - Delaware, March-June 2021

Ruoran Li et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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Time line of product implantation, symptom onset, hospital readmission, and start of tuberculosis treatment§ in patients exposed to product A (N = 23) — Delaware, March–June 2021 * Excludes one patient with insidious onset of weight loss. † One patient was readmitted 4 days after product implantation with a surgical site infection caused by nonmycobacterial species; this readmission was excluded from the figure. The patient subsequently developed worsening lumbar back pain and was readmitted with a tuberculous abscess; this subsequent symptom onset and readmission were included in the figure. § All 22 living patients have started tuberculosis treatment. One patient died 3 weeks after product implantation, before the tuberculosis outbreak was recognized. Numbers of patients in each category are as follows: product A implantation = 23 patients; symptom onset = 18; readmission = 16; start of tuberculosis treatment = 22.
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