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PRO/EDR> Tuberculosis – USA: nosocomial, bone allograft-related

Hospital-Related Infection -- United StatesFederal and state health officials are investigating a rare tuberculosis outbreak among more than 100 patients who may have been infected after having spinal surgery or fracture repairs this spring [2021] with a bone product contaminated with the bacteria that causes TB [_Mycobacterium tuberculosis_].The manufacturer of the bone repair product has recalled 154 containers of the material -- a malleable bone putty that includes human cells and is used in a Read more [...]