Trends in Tuberculosis Transmission
Authors: Robert M. Jasmer, Charles L. Daley, Philip C. Hopewell
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2000)

Letters7 March 2000Trends in Tuberculosis TransmissionRobert M. Jasmer, MD, Charles L. Daley, MD, and Philip C. Hopewell, MDRobert M. Jasmer, MDSan Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Jasmer)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Daley)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Hopewell)Search for more papers by this author, Charles L. Daley, MDSan Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Jasmer)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Daley)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Hopewell)Search for more papers by this author, and Philip C. Hopewell, MDSan Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Jasmer)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Daley)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Hopewell)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-5-200003070-00014 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Dr. Blinkhorn makes several comments in response to our article. Although some of the intensified tuberculosis control measures that we described were in place already, there was substantial room for improvement, even in a city with an excellent control program. Regarding the impact of HIV-tuberculosis co-infection on clustering, HIV infection was not the only variable affecting clustering in our population. In fact, the rate of clustered cases decreased significantly among persons not infected with HIV or those with unknown HIV status. In addition, rates of clustering were found to decrease among persons born in the United States (a ...References1. Daley CL, Small PM, Schecter GF, Schoolnik GK, McAdam RA, Jacobs WR, et al . An outbreak of tuberculosis with accelerated progression among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. An analysis using restriction-fragment-length polymorphisms. N Engl J Med. 1992;326:231-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Small PM, Hopewell PC, Singh SP, Paz EA, Parsonnet J, Ruston DC, et al . The epidemiology of tuberculosis in San Francisco: a population-based study using conventional and molecular methods. N Engl J Med. 1994;330:1703-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Sola C, Horgen L, Maisetti J, Devallois A, Goh KS, Rastogi N. Spoligotyping followed by double-repetitive-element PCR as rapid alternative to IS6110 fingerprinting for epidemiological studies of tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol. 1998;36:1122-4. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Jasmer)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Daley)San Francisco General Hospital; San Francisco, CA 94110 (Hopewell) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoA Molecular Epidemiologic Analysis of Tuberculosis Trends in San Francisco, 1991–1997 Robert M. Jasmer , Judith A. Hahn , Peter M. Small , Charles L. Daley , Marcel A. Behr , Andrew R. Moss , Jennifer M. Creasman , Gisela F. Schecter , E. Antonio Paz , and Philip C. Hopewell Trends in Tuberculosis Transmission Richard J. Blinkhorn Jr Metrics Cited ByDNA Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future 7 March 2000Volume 132, Issue 5Page: 416-417KeywordsDirectly observed therapyGenetic fingerprintingHIVHIV infectionsSubstance abuseTuberculosis Issue Published: 7 March 2000 CopyrightCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...