title: Nosocomial transmission of congenital tuberculosis in a neonatal intensive care unit.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Maryanne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crockett
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kitai
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malloy
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yaffe
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hellmann
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cutz
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matlow
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000151:congenital* / Q000635:transmission*