Outbreak of Tuberculosis among Regular Patrons of a Neighborhood Bar

Open Access

27 July 1995

journal article
research article
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 333 (4) , 222-227
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199507273330404

Abstract

Outbreaks of tuberculosis have been reported in prisons, nursing homes, urban homeless shelters, and other crowded settings. We report a nonresidential outbreak of tuberculosis that originated in a neighborhood bar.

Keywords

This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:

Transmission of Tuberculosis in New York City -- An Analysis by DNA Fingerprinting and Conventional Epidemiologic Methods
New England Journal of Medicine, 1994
The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in San Francisco -- A Population-Based Study Using Conventional and Molecular Methods
New England Journal of Medicine, 1994
Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Detecting a Community-Based Tuberculosis Outbreak among Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1994
Tuberculosis in the normal host: Radiological findings
Seminars in Roentgenology, 1993
An Outbreak of Tuberculosis with Accelerated Progression among Persons Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
New England Journal of Medicine, 1992
Pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients with normal chest radiographs
AIDS, 1992
Tuberculosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
New England Journal of Medicine, 1991
Exogenous Reinfection with Tuberculosis in a Shelter for the Homeless
New England Journal of Medicine, 1986
Association of Tuberculosis With Alcoholism
Southern Medical Journal, 1976
Tobacco, alcohol and tuberculosis
Respiratory Medicine, 1961