Abstract
Investigation of an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in a primary school in Milan, Italy, found 15 schoolchildren had active TB disease and 173 had latent TB infection. TB was also identified in 2 homeless men near the school. Diagnostic delay, particularly in the index case-patient, contributed to the transmission of infection.
Keywords:
Beijing strain; Italy; Milan; bacteria; children; control; diagnosis; disease management; epidemiology; genotyping; homeless; outbreak; school; surveillance; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Child
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Contact Tracing
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Genotype
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Humans
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Italy / epidemiology
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Latent Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
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Latent Tuberculosis / microbiology
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Latent Tuberculosis / transmission
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Male
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
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Schools
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Tuberculosis, Meningeal / epidemiology*
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Tuberculosis, Meningeal / microbiology
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Tuberculosis, Meningeal / transmission
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology*
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission