Abstract
We report preventive measures adopted after tuberculosis(TB) transmission from a nurse to a newborn assessed in late July 2011. All exposed neonates born between January and July 2011 were clinically evaluated and tested by QuantiFERON TB gold in-tube; newborns testing positive were referred for prophylaxis.Of 1,340 newborns, 118 (9%) tested positive and no other active cases of TB were found. Active surveillance for TB will be continued over the next three years for all those exposed.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
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Contact Tracing
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Family Health
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Female
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Hospitals, Pediatric*
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Hospitals, University*
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Humans
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Immunity, Cellular
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient* / prevention & control
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Interferon-gamma / metabolism
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Male
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Mass Screening
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Maternal-Child Nursing*
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
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Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital*
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Population Surveillance
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Pregnancy
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Rome / epidemiology
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Sputum / microbiology
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Tuberculin Test
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / prevention & control
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission*
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Tuberculosis, Splenic / prevention & control
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Tuberculosis, Splenic / transmission*
Substances
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Antitubercular Agents
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Interferon-gamma