title: Tuberculosis among families of children with suspected tuberculosis and employees at a children's hospital.
abstract: Children with tuberculosis are rarely contagious, but their caregivers may be. Only 7 (12%) of 59 children were potentially contagious, and 10 (17%) were accompanied by contagious adults. Screening caregivers was more cost-effective than performing employee contact investigations, with one-sixteenth the cost ($5,470 vs $88,323) and requiring screening of 35 times fewer persons.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas TX 77030, USA. acruz@bcm.edu
authors: Andrea T
authors: AT
authors: Cruz
authors: Denise
authors: D
authors: Medina
authors: Elaine M
authors: EM
authors: Whaley
authors: Kathy M
authors: KM
authors: Ware
authors: Tjin H
authors: TH
authors: Koy
authors: Jeffrey R
authors: JR
authors: Starke
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000191:economics*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*