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. 2003 May;41(5):1861–1868. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.1861-1868.2003

TABLE 1.

Place of contact for each retrospective passive outbreak investigated

Place or form of contact No. of outbreaks % of total no. of outbreaks
School 5 7.7
Hospital 13 20.0
Nursing home 3 4.6
Public house 4 6.2
Work 5 7.7
Shared house or flat 4 6.2
Nursery 1 1.5
Farm 1 1.5
Family and/or friends 9 13.8
Community and/or prisona 12 18.5
Other 8 12.3
Total 65 100
a

Five of 20 cases in one community outbreak had occurred in prison. Similarly, in another incident of isoniazid-resistant TB in London, England, several cases were associated with a prison. The prison outbreaks have been counted as part of community outbreaks rather than as a specific prison incident.