Abstract
Children with tuberculosis are rarely contagious, but their caregivers may be. Only 7 (12%) of 59 children were potentially contagious, and 10 (17%) were accompanied by contagious adults. Screening caregivers was more cost-effective than performing employee contact investigations, with one-sixteenth the cost ($5,470 vs $88,323) and requiring screening of 35 times fewer persons.
MeSH terms
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Caregivers
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Cross Infection / diagnosis
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Cross Infection / microbiology
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Cross Infection / prevention & control
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Cross Infection / transmission*
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Hospitals, Pediatric
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Humans
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Infection Control / methods
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical* / prevention & control
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Texas
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Tuberculin Test / economics*
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Tuberculosis / diagnosis
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Tuberculosis / prevention & control
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Tuberculosis / transmission*