Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a cadaver to an embalmer.
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a cadaver to an embalmer.
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DOI：
10.1056/nejm200001273420404
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发表时间：
2000-01-27
影响因子：
158.5
通讯作者：
Chaisson, RE
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作者：
Sterling, TR;Pope, DS;Chaisson, RE
患结核病的风险因职业而异，殡仪馆工作人员患结核病的风险较高。1防腐人员对结核菌素皮肤试验的反应性风险特别高。2风险增加可能是由于在防腐过程中暴露于结核分枝杆菌，这涉及从尸体中吸入血液和其他体液，导致产生潜在传染性气溶胶。然而，据我们所知，M.结核病从尸体到尸体防腐剂，随后发展为活动性结核病，还没有被描述过。
The risk of acquiring tuberculosis varies according to occupation and is high among funeral-home workers.1Embalmers are at particularly high risk for reactivity on tuberculin skin testing.2The increased risk may be due to exposure toMycobacterium tuberculosisduring the embalming process, which involves the aspiration of blood and other body fluids from the cadaver, resulting in the generation of potentially infectious aerosols. To our knowledge, however, the transmission ofM. tuberculosisfrom a cadaver to an embalmer, with the subsequent development of active tuberculosis, has not been described.DNA fingerprinting by restriction-fragment–length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis can be useful in . . .