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Nosocomial Transmission of Tuberculosis (TB) Associated With Care of an Infant With Peritoneal TB

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anne G. Matlow ,
Alanna Harrison ,
Anne Monteath ,
Peggy Roach  and
J. Williamson Balfe
Anne G. Matlow*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Departments of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alanna Harrison
Affiliation:
Nursing, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anne Monteath
Affiliation:
Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Peggy Roach
Affiliation:
Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J. Williamson Balfe
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Departments of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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Abstract

Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis (TB) after exposure to infected peritoneal fluid has not been described. We report the exposure of 111 healthcare workers to infected dialysate from an infant with TB peritonitis. Two (5%) of 39 primary-care nurses, but no doctors or environmental service workers, had apparent tuberculin skin test conversions, raising the concern that patients with peritoneal TB may be a source for nosocomial transmission of TB.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , March 2000 , pp. 222 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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