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Case Reports
. 2004 Dec 1;39(11):1719-23.
doi: 10.1086/425740. Epub 2004 Nov 10.

Nosocomial transmission of congenital tuberculosis in a neonatal intensive care unit

Maryanne Crockett  1 , Susan M King, Ian Kitai, Frances Jamieson, Susan Richardson, Patricia Malloy, Barbara Yaffe, Donna Reynolds, Jonathan Hellmann, Ernest Cutz, Anne Matlow; Outbreak Investigation Team
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Nosocomial transmission of congenital tuberculosis in a neonatal intensive care unit

Maryanne Crockett et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Congenital tuberculosis is uncommon, and nosocomial transmission from a congenitally infected infant to another infant has not been reported in the English literature. We report an investigation of 2 infants with tuberculosis who were cared for in the same neonatal intensive care unit. Isolates from both infants were genetically indistinguishable. Transmission between the 2 infants was likely due to contaminated respiratory equipment.

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