Management of a large tuberculosis contact investigation related to a contaminated bone graft product used in spinal surgery

• Main Authors: Marci Drees (Author), Lija Gireesh (Author), Carol Briody (Author), Charlotte Miller (Author), Emily Hanlin (Author), Ruoran Li (Author), William Wilson (Author), Noah Schwartz (Author), Isaac Benowitz (Author), Janet Glowicz (Author), Tabe Mase (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In March-April 2021, 23 patients at a 906-bed hospital in Delaware had surgical implantation of a bone graft product contaminated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis; 17 patients were rehospitalized for surgical site infections and 6 developed pulmonary tuberculosis. In May 2021, we investig...