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Tuberculosis exposure

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Situation in which any person has been exposed to a person with bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis (or to air containing M. tuberculosis).

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Situation in which persons (e.g., HCWs, visitors, and inmates) have been exposed to a person with suspected or confirmed infectious TB disease (or to air containing M. tuberculosis), without the benefit of effective infection-control measures.

From: CDC

Year: 2005

Source: Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005

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