%0 Case Reports
%T Tuberculosis screening after detection of a case in a paediatric haemato-oncology unit in a low prevalence country.
%A Grasa Lozano CD
%A Baro-Fernández M
%A Rubio-San-Simón A
%A Blázquez-Gamero D
%A López-Roa P
%A Liébana C
%A Guerra-García P
%A Moraleda C
%A Epalza C
%A Grasa Lozano CD
%A Baro-Fernández M
%A Rubio-San-Simón A
%A Blázquez-Gamero D
%A López-Roa P
%A Liébana C
%A Guerra-García P
%A Moraleda C
%A Epalza C
%J Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
%V 40
%N 8
%D Oct 2022
%M 36195406
暂无%R 10.1016/j.eimce.2020.12.006
%X <B>BACKGROUND: </B>There are no guidelines to screen haemato-oncologic children when a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak is suspected.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>After exposition to an adult with active TB, children exposed from a haemato-oncology unit were screened according to immunosuppression status and time of exposure. Until an evaluation after 8-12 weeks from last exposure, isoniazid was indicated to those with negative initial work-up.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>After 210 interventions, we detected a case of pulmonary TB, and another with latent TB infection. Pulmonary findings and treatment approach were challenging in some patients.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>The TB screening of oncologic children required a multidisciplinary approach, and clinicians managed challenging situations.