Effectiveness of infection control measures in controlling a nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among HIV patients in Italy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-68

  Moro, Maria Luisa ^a   Errante, I ^b   Infuso, A ^g   Sodano, L ^c   Gori, A ^d   Orcese, C A ^b   Salamina, G ^e   D'Amico, C ^g   Besozzi, G ^f   Caggese, L ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c Azienda Sanitaria Locale RM/D   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Osserv Epidemiologico Dipendenze U   (Italy)

^f Istituto Villa Marelli   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Effectiveness; HIV infection; Infection control measures; Multidrug resistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Outbreak; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0033984545     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Jarvis W R. Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Am J Infect Control 1995; 23: 145-151.
2. Ikeda R M, Birkhead G S, DiFerdinando G T Jr, et al. Nosocomial tuberculosis: an outbreak of a strain resistant to seven drugs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1995; 16: 152-159.
3. Cleveland J L, Kent J, Gooch B F, et al. Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an HIV dental clinic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1995; 16: 7-11.
4. Kenyon T A, Ridzon R, Luskin-Hawk R, et al. A nosocomial outbreak of multidrug resistant tuberculosis. Ann Intern Med 1997; 127: 32-36.
5. Di Perri G, Cruciani M, Danzi M C, et al. Nosocomial epidemic of active tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients. Lancet 1989; 2: 1502-1504.
6. Bouvet E. Transmission nosocomiale de tuberculose multirésistante parmi les patients infectés par le VIH. Bull Epidémiol Hebdom 1991; 45: 195-197.
7. Anonymous: Outbreak of hospital-acquired multidrug resistant tuberculosis. Commun Dis Report CDR Wkly 1995; 5: 161.
8. Rullan J V, Herrera D, Cano R, et al. Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Spain. Emerg Inf Dis 1996; 2: 125-129.
9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care facilities, 1994. MMWR 1994; 43(RR-13): 1-132.
10. Moro M L, Gori A, Errante I, Infuso A, Franzetti A, Sodano L, Iemoli E and the Italian MDR-TB Outbreak Study Group. An outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis involving HIV-infected patients of two hospitals in Milan, Italy. AIDS 1998; 12: 1095-1102.
11. Dannenberg A M. Delayed-type hypersensitivity and cell-mediated immunity in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Immunol Today 1991; 12: 228-233.
12. van Embden J D, Cave M D, Crawford J T, et al. Strain identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by fingerprinting: recommendations for a standardized methodology. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 406-409.
13. Edlin B R, Tokars J I, Grieco M H, et al. An outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among hospitalized patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N Engl J Med 1992; 326: 1514-1521.
14. Coronado V G, Beck-Sague C M, Hutton M D, et al. Transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection in an urban hospital: epidemiologic and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. J Infect Dis 1993; 168: 1052-1055.
15. Stroud L A, Tokars J I, Grieco M H, et al. Evaluation of infection control measures in preventing the nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a New York City hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1995; 16: 141-147.
16. Wenger P N, Otten J, Breeden A, Beck-Sague C M, Jarvis W R. Control of nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among healthcare workers and HIV-infected patients. Lancet 1995; 345: 235-240.
17. Etkind S C. Contact tracing in tuberculosis. In: Reichman L B, Hershfield E S, eds, Tuberculosis. A comprehensive international approach. Lung Biology in Health and Diseased. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1993: pp 275-292.
18. Rodrigo T, Cayala J A, Garcia de Olalla P, et al. Characteristics of tuberculosis patients who generate secondary cases. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1997; 1: 352-357.
19. Hubert B, Pelletier A. Les cas déclarés de tuberculose en France en 1990. Bull Hepidémiol Hebdom 1991; 48: 14-15.
20. Girardi E, Antonucci G, Armignacco O, Salmaso S, Ippolito G. Tuberculosis and AIDS: a retrospective multicentre longitudinal study on Italian AIDS patients. J Infect 1994; 28: 261-269.
21. Raviglione M C, Sudre P, Rieder H L, Spinaci S, Kochi A. Secular trends ni tuberculosis in Western Europe. Bull World Health Organ 1993; 71: 297-306.
22. Frieden T R, Sterling T, Pablos-Mendez A, Kilburn J O, Cauthen G M, Dooley S W. The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in New York City. N Engl J Med 1993; 328: 521-526.
23. Kent J H. The epidemiology of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the United States. Med Clin North Am 1993; 77: 1391-1409.
24. The Interdepartmental Working Group on Tuberculosis. New UK guidance on the prevention and control of transmission of HIV related and drug-resistant tuberculosis. Commun Dis Rep CDR Wkly 1999; 9: 49.