Response to Isoniazid-Resistant Tuberculosis in Homeless Shelters, Georgia, USA, 2015-2017

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: David Holland, Emory University; S Alexander, Fulton County Board of Health; U Onwubiko, Georgia Department of Public Health; Neela Goswami, Emory University; Aliya Yamin, Emory University; O Mohamed, Fulton County Board of Health; R-M Sales, Georgia Department of Public Health; G Grant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; P Talboy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Susan M Ray, Emory University; Kathleen E. Toomey, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2019-03-01
• Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: Emerging Infectious Diseases is an open access journal in the public domain.
• License: Creative Commons Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.181678
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Emerging Infectious Disease
• ISSN: 1080-6040
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 3
• Start Page: 593
• End Page: 595
• Keywords: Infectious Diseases; TRANSMISSION; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; OUTBREAK; Science & Technology; COUNTY; Immunology; MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, General; Health Sciences, Immunology

Abstract

In 2008, an outbreak of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis was identified among residents of homeless shelters in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. When initial control efforts involving standard targeted testing failed, a comprehensive approach that involved all providers of services for the homeless successfully interrupted the outbreak.