Addressing the threat from within : Investigation of respiratory symptoms in a health care worker with untreated latent tuberculosis infection

Copyright © 2019 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

Tuberculosis (TB) in the health care worker demands orchestrated efforts from health care institutions to promptly identify cases and address community risk. We describe a pediatric intensive care unit nurse with latent TB infection who developed hemoptysis and a lung infiltrate concerning for active TB. Her evaluation and contact investigation were facilitated by our institution's command center. Although TB was ultimately ruled out, this case tested our team-based care in response to a suspected high-consequence pathogen.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

American journal of infection control - 48(2020), 1 vom: 11. Jan., Seite 82-85

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Modi, Anita R [VerfasserIn]
Miranda, Cyndee C [VerfasserIn]
Procop, Gary W [VerfasserIn]
Foster, Charles B [VerfasserIn]
Harrington, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Evans, David [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Lucileia Teixeira [VerfasserIn]
Gordon, Steven M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Command center
Journal Article
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Tuberculosis

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.01.2021

Date Revised 20.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ajic.2019.07.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300538162