The risk to infants from nosocomial exposure to tuberculosis.
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).
Millership
Sally E
SE
Essex Health Protection Unit, Health Protection Agency, Witham, Essex. sally.millership@essexhpa.nhs.uk
Anderson
Charlotte
C
Cummins
Amelia J
AJ
Bracebridge
Samantha
S
Abubakar
Ibrahim
I
D016358:Contact Tracing; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*