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Nosocomial Pulmonary Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kate E. Fisher ,
Robert Guaran ,
Jacqueline Stack ,
Sheila Simpson ,
William Krause ,
Karen D. For ,
Emina Ryan ,
Stephen Conaty ,
Kirsty Hope  and
David Isaacs
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Kate E. Fisher*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Paediatrics, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia; and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Robert Guaran
Affiliation:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Jacqueline Stack
Affiliation:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Sheila Simpson
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
William Krause
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Karen D. For
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Emina Ryan
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Unit, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Conaty
Affiliation:
South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts Public Health Unit, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Kirsty Hope
Affiliation:
South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts Public Health Unit, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
David Isaacs
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales, Australia; and Discipline of Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Paul Chay
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
John Eastwood
Affiliation:
Department of Community Paediatrics, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia; and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Guy B. Marks
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
*
Department of Community Paediatrics, Hugh Jardine Building, Liverpool Hospital, Locked Bag 7008, Liverpool BC NSW 1871, Australia (kate.fisher@sswahs.nsw.gov.au).
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Abstract

The diagnosis of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in a medical officer working in a metropolitan Australian neonatal intensive care unit led to a contact investigation involving 125 neonates, 165 relatives, and 122 healthcare workers with varying degrees of exposure. There was no evidence of nosocomial tuberculosis transmission from the index case.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 7 , July 2013 , pp. 754 - 756
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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