Neonatal exposure to active pulmonary tuberculosis in a health care professional

Mithu Sen; Daniel Gregson; James Lewis

doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031052

Neonatal exposure to active pulmonary tuberculosis in a health care professional

CMAJ. 2005 May 24;172(11):1453-6. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1031052.

Authors

Mithu Sen¹, Daniel Gregson, James Lewis

Affiliation

¹ Division of Respirology, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, Ont. [email protected]

Abstract

Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis (TB) is a recognized risk. Although many outbreaks of TB in health care settings have been reported, there are few cases of nosocomial transmission to neonates. We report our experience in investigating and managing the exposure over 16 days of 124 neonates, 301 visitors and 219 health care workers to a health care worker with active TB in a neonatal intensive care unit.

MeSH terms

Adult
Canada / epidemiology
Cross Infection*
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Infection Control
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal*
Male
Neonatal Screening
Personnel, Hospital
Public Health
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Tuberculin Test
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission*