Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Record number: 
442
Adverse Occurrence type: 
MPHO Type: 
Time to detection: 
1 day
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
A respiratory specimen obtained from the lung recipient 1 day after transplantation grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Donor chest radiograph had a previously unnoticed pulmonary opacity that was present on post-transplant recipient chest radiographs and computed tomographs. The recipient's isolate was molecularly distinct from others at her hospital and in the state database, but was identical to two isolates from Guatemala (donor´s country)
Imputability grade: 
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
Suggest references: 
aaa