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Nosocomial transmission of congenital tuberculosis in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Crockett M, King SM, Kitai I, Jamieson F, Richardson S, Malloy P, Yaffe B, Reynolds D, Hellmann J, Cutz E, Matlow A,

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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.

Published 3 December 2004 in Clin Infect Dis, 39(11): 1719-23.
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