Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a cadaver to an embalmer

N Engl J Med. 2000 Jan 27;342(4):246-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200001273420404.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / transmission*
  • Adult
  • Cadaver
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • Embalming*
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission*