SF: Low Risk To Public From Tuberculosis Outbreak At Archbishop Riordan High School

The risk to the general public appears low after an outbreak of tuberculosis at Archbishop Riordan High School, the San ...

NJ resident in isolation after testing positive for tuberculosis

Camden County health officials are reporting that a resident who visited a local hospital has tested positive for active tuberculosis. The resident showed up at a hospital on Feb. 12 exhibiting ...
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TB testing still encouraged after positive result

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter’s doctor said her PPD was positive and sent her for a chest X-ray to rule out TB. Is it possible to have a false-positive result? Her pediatrician says she should follow ...
Medscape

PPD-Positive Living Kidney Donor?

The literature shows that the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is higher in kidney transplant recipients compared with the general population. TB prophylaxis is usually given to recipients (not donors) ...
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Even when you don't have TB symptoms, this century-old test can still detect the disease.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuberculosis, or TB, is a disease that infects nearly 11 million people worldwide, killing some 1.25 million of them every year, ...
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Low risk to public from tuberculosis outbreak at SF high school, officials say

The risk to the general public appears low after an outbreak of tuberculosis at Archbishop Riordan High School, the San Francisco Department of Public Health says. Three active TB cases were confirmed ...