Children under 5 years are at risk for tuberculosis after occasional contact with highly contagious patients: outbreak from a smear-positive healthcare worker

Roberto Luzzati^{1

2}, Giovanni Battista Migliori^{3

2}, Matteo Zignol^{4

2}, Daniela Maria Cirillo^{5

2}, Massimo Maschio⁶, Riccardo Tominz⁷, Giovanna Ventura⁶, Valentino Patussi⁷, Lia D'Ambrosio^{3

8}, Rosella Centis³, Franco Michieletto⁷, Alberto Trovato⁵, Francesco Salton⁹, Marina Busetti¹⁰, Manuela Di Santolo¹⁰, Mario Raviglione^{4

2}, Marco Confalonieri^{11

2}

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Infectious Diseases, Dept of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² These authors contributed equally.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Maugeri Care and Research Institute, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
⁴ Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, HSR, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.
⁷ Dept of Prevention, Local Health Authority and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
⁸ Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁹ Pulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Cattinara, Trieste, Italy.
¹⁰ Microbiology Unit, University Hospital ASUITS, Trieste, Italy.
¹¹ Pulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Cattinara, Trieste, Italy marco.confalonieri@asuits.sanita.fvg.it.

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Roberto Luzzati et al. Eur Respir J. 2017.

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. 2017 Nov 2;50(5):1701414.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.01414-2017. Print 2017 Nov.

¹ Unit of Infectious Diseases, Dept of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
² These authors contributed equally.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Maugeri Care and Research Institute, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
⁴ Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Division of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, HSR, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy.
⁷ Dept of Prevention, Local Health Authority and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
⁸ Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁹ Pulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Cattinara, Trieste, Italy.
¹⁰ Microbiology Unit, University Hospital ASUITS, Trieste, Italy.
¹¹ Pulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Cattinara, Trieste, Italy marco.confalonieri@asuits.sanita.fvg.it.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: None declared.