title: Nosocomial pulmonary tuberculosis contact investigation in a neonatal intensive care unit.
abstract: The diagnosis of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in a medical officer working in a metropolitan Australian neonatal intensive care unit led to a contact investigation involving 125 neonates, 165 relatives, and 122 healthcare workers with varying degrees of exposure. There was no evidence of nosocomial tuberculosis transmission from the index case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Paediatrics, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. kate.fisher@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Kate E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guaran
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stack
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: Karen D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: For
authors.forename: Emina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Conaty
authors.forename: Kirsty
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hope
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chay
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eastwood
authors.forename: Guy B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Marks
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission*