@article{9bfa87f7744443108b0ffa66563e3d17,
title = "Suspected transmission of tuberculosis in a maternity ward from a smear-positive nurse: preliminary results of clinical evaluations and testing of neonates potentially exposed, Rome, Italy, 1 January to 28 July 2011",
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.",
keywords = "Adult, Antitubercular Agents, Contact Tracing, Disease Outbreaks, Family Health, Female, Hospitals, Pediatric, Hospitals, University, Humans, Immunity, Cellular, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient, Interferon-gamma, Male, Mass Screening, Maternal-Child Nursing, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital, Population Surveillance, Pregnancy, Rome, Sputum, Tuberculin Test, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Tuberculosis, Splenic, Adult, Antitubercular Agents, Contact Tracing, Disease Outbreaks, Family Health, Female, Hospitals, Pediatric, Hospitals, University, Humans, Immunity, Cellular, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient, Interferon-gamma, Male, Mass Screening, Maternal-Child Nursing, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital, Population Surveillance, Pregnancy, Rome, Sputum, Tuberculin Test, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Tuberculosis, Splenic",
author = "P Borgia and Andrea Cambieri and F Chini and L Coltella and Giovanni Delogu and {Di Rosa}, E and Giovanni Fadda and {Giorgi Rossi}, P and E Girardi and D Goletti and G Guasticchi and A Morrone and P Pezzotti and Costantino Romagnoli and M Sacerdote and C Russo and A Villani and L. Zarelli",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
pages = "N/A--N/A",
journal = "Eurosurveillance",
issn = "1560-7917",
publisher = "Centre europ{\'e}en pour la surveillance {\'e}pid{\'e}miologique du Sida",
}
