Tuberculosis transmission from a patient with skin lesions and a negative sputum smear

N Engl J Med. 2004 Jun 10;350(24):2527-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200406103502423.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Contact Tracing
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Tuberculin Test
  • Tuberculoma, Intracranial / transmission*
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / transmission*
  • Tuberculosis, Miliary / transmission*