Multistate Outbreak of MDR TB Identified by Genotype Cluster Investigation

Abstract

In 2008, diagnosis and investigation of 2 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases with matching genotypes led to identification of an outbreak among foreign-born persons who performed short-term seafood production work in Alaska during 2006. Tuberculosis control programs should consider the possibility of domestic transmission even among foreign-born patients.

Keywords

• MDR TB
• tuberculosis
• multidrug resistant
• cluster investigation
• genotype
• genotype cluster