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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The FDA, CDC and several states are investigating an outbreak of tuberculosis connected to recalled human bone tissue products that were sold to hospitals, surgical centers and dental clinics, 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, ...

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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and state and local health agencies are investigating the origin of a rare, multistate tuberculosis outbreak after more ...

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 ...