The control of tuberculosis (TB) is challenged by the progressive increase of cases of multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB). A recent European study underlined the need for data showing how TB control can be improved in terms of case finding, contact tracing, infection control and treatment to prevent further spread of MDR-/XDR-TB in the EU [1]. Even combined contact tracing and genotyping fail to explain how MDR-TB transmission occurs in one third of cases http://ow.ly/2ZKB30dRVGw

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基因分型和接触者追踪都无法正确理解耐多药结核病的传播

耐多药结核病 (MDR-TB) 和广泛耐药结核病 (XDR-TB) 病例逐渐增加，对结核病 (TB) 的控制提出了挑战。最近的一项欧洲研究强调需要数据显示如何在病例发现、接触者追踪、感染控制和治疗方面改进结核病控制，以防止 MDR-/XDR-TB 在欧盟进一步传播 [1]。甚至将接触者追踪和基因分型结合起来也无法解释 MDR-TB 传播是如何在三分之一的病例中发生的 http://ow.ly/2ZKB30dRVGw