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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/08/04/tb-outbreak-tuberculosis-bone-graft/
Second deadly TB outbreak linked to tainted bone grafts
The same type of bone repair product was linked to tuberculosis outbreak in 2021
By Lena H. Sun and Lenny Bernstein
Updated August 4, 2023 at 10:40 a.m. EDT|Published August 4, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
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 the rare disease in two years.
Eight people died in 2021 when the same type of bone repair product used in spinal surgery was also contaminated with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. The product was supplied by Aziyo Biologics, the Silver Spring, Md., company also involved in the current outbreak.
The contaminated product was used in at least 36 patients who underwent surgical or dental procedures earlier this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the outbreak did not become public until Aziyo issued a voluntary recall on July 13...
Second deadly TB outbreak linked to tainted bone grafts
The same type of bone repair product was linked to tuberculosis outbreak in 2021
By Lena H. Sun and Lenny Bernstein
Updated August 4, 2023 at 10:40 a.m. EDT|Published August 4, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
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 the rare disease in two years.
Eight people died in 2021 when the same type of bone repair product used in spinal surgery was also contaminated with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. The product was supplied by Aziyo Biologics, the Silver Spring, Md., company also involved in the current outbreak.
The contaminated product was used in at least 36 patients who underwent surgical or dental procedures earlier this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the outbreak did not become public until Aziyo issued a voluntary recall on July 13...