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Neonatal exposure to active pulmonary tuberculosis in a health care professional

Mithu Sen, Daniel Gregson and James Lewis

From the Divisions of Respirology (Sen, Lewis) and Infectious Diseases (Gregson) and the Program in Critical Care Medicine (Sen), University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, Ont.

Correspondence to: Dr. Mithu Sen, London Health Sciences Centre, South Street Site, Rm. N480, 375 South St., London ON N6A 4G5; fax 519 667-6698; mithu.sen{at}lhsc.on.ca

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.




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