title: Nosocomial Transmission from an Adolescent with Sputum Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
abstract: We describe a case of sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in an adolescent boy, where a delay in diagnosis and institution of appropriate infection control measures resulted in transmission of infection to at least 3 and possibly as many as 6 healthcare workers. Lapses in the use of standard precautions for infection control were also identified.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; †Division of Child and Adolescent Health, and ‡Marie Bashir Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Ameneh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khatami
authors.forename: Alexander C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Outhred
authors.forename: Patricia I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Maldigri
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.forename: Alison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kesson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*