A low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under COVID-19 control measures

We report the results of investigating and managing a tuberculosis (TB) exposure in a postpartum care center. Among the contacts exposed to a nursing assistant with subclinical TB, 5 of 44 neonates (11.4%) had positive tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) at 3 months of age, and all the TST-positive neonate...

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Autores principales: Kim, In Kyoung, Kim, So Jung, Bae, Kyoung Hee, Kim, Mi Young, Oh, Ji Eun, Lee, Mi Gyeong, Kang, Young Ae, Song, Jin Su
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Publicado: Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10211432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36617551
http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2022.0235
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author Kim, In Kyoung
Kim, So Jung
Bae, Kyoung Hee
Kim, Mi Young
Oh, Ji Eun
Lee, Mi Gyeong
Kang, Young Ae
Song, Jin Su
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Kim, So Jung
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description We report the results of investigating and managing a tuberculosis (TB) exposure in a postpartum care center. Among the contacts exposed to a nursing assistant with subclinical TB, 5 of 44 neonates (11.4%) had positive tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) at 3 months of age, and all the TST-positive neonates received the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination. Seven of 28 healthcare workers (25.0%) and 1 of 3 household contacts (33.3%) were positive in the initial or repeated interferon-gamma release assay. None of the contacts developed TB disease during the study period. Annual TB examinations of healthcare personnel at a postpartum care center under the Tuberculosis Prevention Act in South Korea enabled the early detection of subclinical TB, which reduced the risk of transmission to neonates under strict coronavirus disease 2019 prevention measures.
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spelling pubmed-102114322023-05-26 A low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under COVID-19 control measures Kim, In Kyoung Kim, So Jung Bae, Kyoung Hee Kim, Mi Young Oh, Ji Eun Lee, Mi Gyeong Kang, Young Ae Song, Jin Su Osong Public Health Res Perspect Brief Report We report the results of investigating and managing a tuberculosis (TB) exposure in a postpartum care center. Among the contacts exposed to a nursing assistant with subclinical TB, 5 of 44 neonates (11.4%) had positive tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) at 3 months of age, and all the TST-positive neonates received the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination. Seven of 28 healthcare workers (25.0%) and 1 of 3 household contacts (33.3%) were positive in the initial or repeated interferon-gamma release assay. None of the contacts developed TB disease during the study period. Annual TB examinations of healthcare personnel at a postpartum care center under the Tuberculosis Prevention Act in South Korea enabled the early detection of subclinical TB, which reduced the risk of transmission to neonates under strict coronavirus disease 2019 prevention measures. Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2022-12 2022-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10211432/ /pubmed/36617551 http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2022.0235 Text en © 2022 Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ).
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Kim, In Kyoung
Kim, So Jung
Bae, Kyoung Hee
Kim, Mi Young
Oh, Ji Eun
Lee, Mi Gyeong
Kang, Young Ae
Song, Jin Su
A low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under COVID-19 control measures
title A low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under COVID-19 control measures
title_full A low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under COVID-19 control measures
title_fullStr A low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under COVID-19 control measures
title_full_unstemmed A low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under COVID-19 control measures
title_short A low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under COVID-19 control measures
title_sort low risk of nosocomial transmission of subclinical tuberculosis to neonates in a postpartum care center under covid-19 control measures
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10211432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36617551
http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2022.0235
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