A tuberculosis outbreak that spanned seven states in 2023 has been tied to bone graft products from an infected donor — again. Two spinal surgery patients died from a tuberculosis infection, or TB, ...

Contaminated bone allograft material from a single manufacturer led to five diagnosed cases of tuberculosis (TB) and two deaths so far, according to CDC data. In July, clinicians in two different ...

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 ...

The CDC is calling for improved donor screening and culture-based testing of donor organs and tissues after the second outbreak of tuberculosis in transplant cases. Between July 7 and 11, the CDC ...

Two deaths and five infections of tuberculosis have been confirmed from spinal surgeries that used a bone allograft from an infected donor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Piron ...