Titre : | Outbreak of tuberculosis in a Catalonian nursery school affects 27 children. (2005) |
Auteurs : | J.M. PINA ; J.M. ALCAIDE ; A. DOMINGUEZ ; E. PLASENCIA ; A. RODES |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Eurosurveillance European communicable disease quarterly (vol. 10, n° 4-6, 2005/04) |
Pagination : | 125- |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Tuberculose pulmonaire ; Epidémie ; Toux ; Enfant ; Adulte ; Ecole ; Examen bactériologique ; Prophylaxie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par InVS R0x4uhVA. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. On 15 April 2005, a female assistant at a private school in a wealthy area of Barcelona province was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis at the emergency department of a hospital. She had had a cough for one month before. A chest x-ray revealed cavitary lesions and the sputum smear was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (Introduction). |