Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cluster with Developing Drug Resistance, New York, New York, USA, 2003–2009
Bianca R. Perri
, Douglas C. Proops, Patrick K. Moonan, Sonal S. Munsiff, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Natalia Kurepina, Christopher Goranson, and Shama D. Ahuja
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA (B.R. Perri, D. Proops, S.S. Munsiff, C. Goranson, S.D. Ahuja); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B.R. Perri, P.K. Moonan, S.S. Munsiff); Public Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA (B.N. Kreiswirth, N. Kurepina)
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Figure 1. Cluster of 54 cases of tuberculosis (TB), by year of diagnosis, New York, New York, USA, 2003–2009. The 54 cases include 1 in a patient in the city of New York who was given a diagnosis of drug-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in 2007 that was counted by New York State.
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