11-21-2020, 05:43 PM
When I was a resident, I had a patient who was profoundly immunocompromised because of treatment for lupus. Turns out, she got TB, and her outside physicians kept bombing her with steroids thinking it was her lupus flaring, which of course made her TB worse.
She came to our hospital, where she stayed for almost three months until her TB cleared. During that time, she never developed any hospital acquired infections, because, of course, anyone who went into her room was gowned and gloved (and wore an N95 mask, since TB is airborne spread).
She cleared her TB after two months of treatment and was deemed non-contagious, so contact precautions were taken down. Within a week, she developed VRE, likely transmitted to her via a nurse, doctor, or tech.
BC
She came to our hospital, where she stayed for almost three months until her TB cleared. During that time, she never developed any hospital acquired infections, because, of course, anyone who went into her room was gowned and gloved (and wore an N95 mask, since TB is airborne spread).
She cleared her TB after two months of treatment and was deemed non-contagious, so contact precautions were taken down. Within a week, she developed VRE, likely transmitted to her via a nurse, doctor, or tech.
BC