Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
By Ethan Covey
The CDC has been investigating a nationwide outbreak of tuberculosis among patients who received bone allografts, the second outbreak among bone allograft recipients in three years. The CDC said the same manufacturer was involved.
The first outbreak occurred during 2021 and involved 113 patients (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;72[5253]:1385-1389).
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