200 children in Stockholm to be tested for tuberculosis

Over 200 children in Region Stockholm are to be tested for tuberculosis. Some of them will receive preventive antibiotic treatment. The reason is that a healthcare worker has been infected with tuberculosis, according to Aftonbladet.

In this case, it is a number of small children who may have been exposed to a person with tuberculosis, says infectious disease doctor Maria Rotzén Östlund to the newspaper.

The region is now working on contacting the children's parents. Maria Rotzén Östlund notes that there is a very small risk of an outbreak among the children.

We will contact over 200 children. However, I cannot say how many will need to take the antibiotic treatment, she says.