A tuberculosis outbreak in a private-home family child care center in San Francisco, 2002 to 2004

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 863-869

  Dewan, Puneet K ^a   Banouvong, Houmpheng ^b   Abernethy, Neil ^c   Hoynes, Thomas ^b   Diaz, Liliana ^b   Woldemariam, Melaku ^b   Ampie, Theresa ^b   Grinsdale, Jennifer ^b   Kawamura, L Masae ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Day care; Outbreak; Pediatric; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LATENT PERIOD; LEISURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DAY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOUSING; HUMANS; SAN FRANCISCO; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33645037869     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1380     Document Type: Review

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