Nosocomial Transmission of Congenital Tuberculosis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | Zendy

Maryanne Crockett | Zendy; Susan King | Zendy; Ian Kitai | Zendy; Frances Jamieson | Zendy; Susan E. Richardson | Zendy; Patricia Malloy | Zendy; Barbara Yaffe | Zendy; Donna L. Reynolds | Zendy; Jonathan Hellmann | Zendy; Ernest Cutz | Zendy; Anne Matlow | Zendy

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Nosocomial Transmission of Congenital Tuberculosis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Author(s) -

Maryanne Crockett,

Susan King,

Ian Kitai,

Frances Jamieson,

Susan E. Richardson,

Patricia Malloy,

Barbara Yaffe,

Donna L. Reynolds,

Jonathan Hellmann,

Ernest Cutz,

Anne Matlow

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/425740

Subject(s) - medicine , neonatal intensive care unit , transmission (telecommunications) , tuberculosis , pediatrics , intensive care unit , intensive care , intensive care medicine , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering

Congenital tuberculosis is uncommon, and nosocomial transmission from a congenitally infected infant to another infant has not been reported in the English literature. We report an investigation of 2 infants with tuberculosis who were cared for in the same neonatal intensive care unit. Isolates from both infants were genetically indistinguishable. Transmission between the 2 infants was likely due to contaminated respiratory equipment.

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