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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a health care worker to patients in New York City.¹ Several aspects of the episode were notable: the health care worker was foreign-born; latent tuberculosis infection had previously been diagnosed by tuberculin skin testing, but the health care worker had declined treatment; and after active disease developed in the health care worker, 1500 persons were exposed, which necessitated a large-scale contact investigation to determine the extent of transmission and prevent further spread.

Today, the incidence of tuberculosis in the United States is the lowest . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville.

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