Open AccessEXTENSIVE TRANSMISSION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AMONG CHILDREN ON A SCHOOL BUS
Author(s) -
Edmundo Neira-Munoz,
Janette Smith,
P.M. Cockcroft,
Damian Basher,
Ibrahim Abubakar
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e31816ff7c5
Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , transmission (telecommunications) , sputum , outbreak , pediatrics , immunology , environmental health , virology , pathology , telecommunications , computer science
We report a tuberculosis outbreak in school children caused by exposure to a sputum-smear positive school bus driver. Exposed children were assessed using 2 versions of interferon-gamma release assays. Fifty-five percent (18/34) had a positive interferon-gamma release assays and 4 children developed tuberculosis. This suggests that transmission may be very efficient in this setting and highlights the need for early diagnosis.