Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a Newborn Nursery and Maternity Ward — New York City, 2003

Evaluating young children recently exposed to airborne Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a public health priority. If infected, children aged

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2005-12, Vol.54 (50), p.1280-1283
Main Authors: Fitzpatrick, F, Purswani, M, Fazal, B, Burrowes, A, Granville, K, Driver, C, Clark, C, Munsiff, S, Ruggiero, D, Ijaz, K, Jereb, J, Haddad, M, Heyman, B, Finlay, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS
Bronchoscopy
Care and treatment
Children & youth
Contact Tracing
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Diagnosis
Health aspects
Health risk assessment
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Infections
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
Meningeal tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification
New York City - epidemiology
Nurseries, Hospital
Nurses
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital
Occupational health and safety
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Tuberculin Test
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis vaccine
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - prevention & control
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - transmission
Vaccination
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Summary:Evaluating young children recently exposed to airborne Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a public health priority. If infected, children aged
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X