Whole-genome sequencing identifies nosocomial transmission of extra-pulmonary M. tuberculosis

QJM. 2016 Dec;109(12):819-820. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw202. Epub 2016 Dec 22.

Authors

T M Walker^{1

2}, D W Crook^{3

2

4}, T E A Peto^{3

2

4}, C P Conlon^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ From the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK timothy.walker@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
² Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford.
³ From the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
⁴ NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cross Infection / diagnosis*
Cross Infection / microbiology
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Genome, Bacterial
Humans
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial