• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Nosocomial Transmission of Congenital Tuberculosis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • Contributor: Richardson, Susan; Cutz, Ernest
  • Published: University of Chicago Press, 2004
  • Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 39 (2004) 11, Seite 1719-1723
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1058-4838
  • Keywords: Brief Reports
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  • Description: 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.
  • Access State: Open Access