One person has died and at least four have been sickened by tuberculosis in infected bone materials, an outbreak that spotlights the shortcomings of testing for such tissue products.

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 ...

In this particular case, the tainted bone graft material appears to have come from an 80-year-old donor. According to The Washington Post , standard testing did not detect tuberculosis on either ...

The FDA and CDC are investigating an outbreak of tuberculosis connected to recalled human bone tissue products, and at least 36 patients across 7 states might be affected.

An unprecedented outbreak of tuberculosis across the country last year has now been traced back to the leg bone of a sick, elderly man whose tissue was donated for transplantation after his death.

The likelihood of catching tuberculosis from a bone graft is very, very low, but as the tissue transplant industry grows, this safety gap needs to be closed, the MMWR states.

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