8 babies exposed to TB at San Francisco hospital

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Eight infants were exposed to tuberculosis at the neonatal intensive care unit of a Sacramento hospital but health officials yesterday said it was unlikely the babies would contract the disease.

The babies were doing well and were not exhibiting any symptoms of tuberculosis but will receive antibiotic treatment as a precaution, Sacramento County Public Health Officer Olivia Kasirye said.

Doctors would conduct follow-up tests in six months to see if the children are infected.

The infants in the unit included babies born prematurely with breathing problems.

Dr Kasirye said the babies were exposed when someone visited the neonatal facility of Methodist Hospital of Sacramento from Aug 23 to Sept 3.

The visitor later felt ill and went to the hospital emergency room, where a TB test was positive. The person was isolated to receive treatment.

Kasirye said the hospital was not at fault for the exposures because the person showed no signs of TB while visiting.