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Nicoletta Lanese

2nd tuberculosis outbreak linked to bone grafts in the US

Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which are rod-shaped and cause TB.

An outbreak of tuberculosis that affected dozens of people last year has been tied to bone grafts, echoing a larger outbreak in 2021.

These two recent outbreaks highlight the need to better screen donated tissues for tuberculosis-causing bacteria before they're used in such medical procedures, scientists wrote in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published Friday (Jan. 5) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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