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Probable Role of Ultraviolet Irradiation in Preventing Transmission of Tuberculosis: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William W. Stead ,
Carole Yeung  and
Carolyn Hartnett
William W. Stead*
Affiliation:
Tuberculosis Control Program, Little Rock, Arkansas
Carole Yeung
Affiliation:
Arkansas Department of Health, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, and the Baptist Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Carolyn Hartnett
Affiliation:
Arkansas Department of Health, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, and the Baptist Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
*
Tuberculosis Program, Arkansas Department of Health, Mail Slot 45, 4815 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 7220537867
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The problem of transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in healthcare facilities is a serious one, all the more so when compounded by organisms that are drug resistant. The purpose of this report is to describe our experience with prolonged hospital care of a patient with advanced multidrug-resistant cavitary pulmonary TB in a hospital with complete pre-exposure tuberculin skin-test data.

The patient, a 59-year-old white man with ankylosing spondylitis, was admitted to our hospital on January 2, 1992, with a diagnosis of cavitary pulmonary TB. In June 1990, he had been treated in another state with isoniazid (INH) and rifampin for 11 months with apparent recovery, despite irregular compliance. However, in the fall of 1991, he again developed a productive cough, for which the same drugs were given. When he failed to improve, he moved to Arkansas to be near a sister.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 11 - 13
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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