Article: Increased incidence of the outbreak strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the surrounding community after an outbreak in a jail. (Original Article).

Background: Between 1995 and 1997, a tuberculosis outbreak occurred in a large, urban jail. We investigated whether the outbreak strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) was circulating in the surrounding community after that outbreak.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of people with tuberculosis in Shelby County, TN, from January 1998 through August 1999, with molecular fingerprinting of M. tuberculosis strains.

Results: From January 1998 through August 1999, 23% of cases in the community involved a strain of M. tuberculosis that was indistinguishable from the previous jail outbreak strain. Twelve people (63%) with that ...

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