The risk to infants from nosocomial exposure to tuberculosis

Sally E. Millership; Charlotte Anderson; Amelia J. Cummins; Samantha Bracebridge; Ibrahim Abubakar

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The risk to infants from nosocomial exposure to tuberculosis

Sally E. Millership, Charlotte Anderson, Amelia J. Cummins, Samantha Bracebridge, Ibrahim Abubakar

Norwich Medical School

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Abstract

We undertook a systematic literature and database review for reports of nosocomial exposures of infants less than 24 months of age to tuberculosis. We found 7 instances of transmission among 4867 babies in 26 reports (19 published, 7 from a national database for reporting such events).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	915-916
Number of pages	2
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	28
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a3d289
Publication status	Published - Oct 2009

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