U.S. health officials are racing to control an outbreak of tuberculosis linked to contaminated bone graft material that has killed one person and infected at least four others - the second outbreak of ...

WASHINGTON - Federal 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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This second outbreak of tuberculosis associated with a contaminated viable bone allograft product resulted in ...

The CDC is calling for improved donor screening and culture-based testing of donor organs and tissues after the second outbreak of tuberculosis in transplant cases. Between July 7 and 11, the CDC ...

A tuberculosis outbreak that spanned seven states in 2023 has been tied to bone graft products from an infected donor — again. Two spinal surgery patients died from a tuberculosis infection, or TB, ...

Contaminated bone allograft material from a single manufacturer led to five diagnosed cases of tuberculosis (TB) and two deaths so far, according to CDC data. In July, clinicians in two different ...

A recent tuberculosis outbreak linked to contaminated bone graft material cost one person’s life and infected at least four others. The incident underscores the inadequacy of current tuberculosis ...

Bone graft materials infected with tuberculosis (TB) that were used in three dozen dental and medical procedures have led to a second patient’s death, triggering a U.S. legislator who has had several ...

Two deaths and five infections of tuberculosis have been confirmed from spinal surgeries that used a bone allograft from an infected donor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Piron ...