title: Tuberculosis contact investigation in a military health care setting: case report and evidence review.
abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global threat to the U.S. armed forces. A single individual with TB disease exerts an immediate and disruptive impact upon patients' lives, military operations, and daily functioning at military treatment facilities. Medical personnel in operational or limited-resource settings are sometimes challenged to perform a TB outbreak investigation with minimal specialized training or limited logistic assistance. This article presents a case of a patient with TB disease presenting to a large military treatment facility and outlines the current, evidence-based recommendations for performing a TB outbreak investigation.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-4712.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center-Bethesda, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889.
authors.forename: Shawn S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Clausen
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, A-1040 A, Bethesda, MD, 20814-4712.
authors.forename: Lucas A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D010679:Philippines; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D014195:Travel; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States