PEDIATRICS Vol. 79 No. 4 April 1987, pp. 630-632
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Tuberculosis in a Day-Care Home

CHARLES M. NOLAN MD1, HEATHER BARR PHN1, ANNA M. ELARTH BSN1, and JANICE BOASE RN, MS1

1 Divisions of Tuberculosis and Communicable Disease Control, Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, Seattle

It has been predicted that tuberculosis, if it occurred in child day-care centers, would spread from adults to children. This mode of spread is in contrast to that of most day-care infections which spread from child-to-child or from child-to-adult. Recognizing the theoretical risk that children might acquire tuberculosis from adult day-care workers, some states have already adopted protective regulations. The present report confirms the prediction of an adult-to-child pathway of tuberculosis transmission in a day-care setting and provides an opportunity to review the current approaches to prevention.

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In August 1984, a 26-year-old Ethiopian man immigrated to the United States; a tuberculin test was positive (18 mm) and a chest roentgenogram showed normal findings.