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Congenital tuberculosis and management of exposure in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units

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19

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2014

Year

Galia Grisaru‐Soen, M. Savyon, Efraim Sadot, Vered Schechner, Yakov Sivan, Dafna Schwartz, Jalal Tarabeia, Z. Amitai, I. Yoabov, Yehuda Carmeli
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Abstract

The sequence of events described here demonstrates the difficulty in diagnosis and management of TB in this age group. Transmission of TB in NICU and PICUs is unusual but can occur, and calls for a systematic approach to investigation of the exposed infants, family members and health care providers.