This study is the largest report on M. tuberculosis transmission rate (TR) from children with pulmonary tuberculosis to school pupils. Higher TR (around 21.6%) was observed in contacts of smear-positive children. TR from pediatric smear-negative index cases was around 0. If our data are confirmed, school contacts of a smear-negative index case could be screened only by clinical evaluation and TST, avoiding routine use of chest radiographs in children less than 5 years of age as well.

The Risk of M. tuberculosis Transmission from Pediatric Index Cases to School Pupils / Piccini, Paola; Venturini, Elisabetta; Bianchi, Leila; Baretti, Simonetta; Filidei, Paolo; Paliaga, Luana; Mazzoli, Franca; Chiappini, Elena; de Martino, Maurizio; Galli, Luisa. - In: THE PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL. - ISSN 1532-0987. - STAMPA. - (2017), pp. 0-0. [10.1097/INF.0000000000001492]

The Risk of M. tuberculosis Transmission from Pediatric Index Cases to School Pupils

CHIAPPINI, ELENA;DE MARTINO, MAURIZIO;GALLI, LUISA
2017

Abstract

This study is the largest report on M. tuberculosis transmission rate (TR) from children with pulmonary tuberculosis to school pupils. Higher TR (around 21.6%) was observed in contacts of smear-positive children. TR from pediatric smear-negative index cases was around 0. If our data are confirmed, school contacts of a smear-negative index case could be screened only by clinical evaluation and TST, avoiding routine use of chest radiographs in children less than 5 years of age as well.
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Piccini, Paola; Venturini, Elisabetta; Bianchi, Leila; Baretti, Simonetta; Filidei, Paolo; Paliaga, Luana; Mazzoli, Franca; Chiappini, Elena; de Martino, Maurizio; Galli, Luisa
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