Evaluation of Young Children in Contact With Adult Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A 30-Month Follow-up

2002197 citationsJournal Article

Authors

H. Simon Schaaf · Tygerberg Children’s Hospital

Robert P. Gie · Stellenbosch University

Magdalene Kennedy · Tygerberg Children’s Hospital

Nulda Beyers · Stellenbosch University

Peter Hesseling · Tygerberg Children’s Hospital

Peter R. Donald · Stellenbosch University

Abstract

The study confirms MDR TB transmission to childhood contacts. Seventy-eight percent of children were infected or developed disease. Appropriate chemoprophylaxis may prevent disease in these children.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 109, Issue 5, pp. 765-771

DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.5.765

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