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AL: TB Case at the University of Alabama

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.cw.ua.edu/article/2015/08/student-undergoing-treatment-for-tuberculosis


Student undergoing treatment for tuberculosis
By Elizabeth Elkin | Published 08/24/15 11:47am |
Updated 21 hours ago

According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, a student enrolled during the spring 2015 semester is receiving treatment for tuberculosis.

The treatment is not taking place in Alabama. According to ADPH, the student has not been on campus since May 2015, but could have been infectious beginning in January 2015.

The student is expected to make a full recovery...

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Source: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20150824/NEWS/150829849

250 wanted for tuberculosis testing after Alabama student tests positive
Bacterium may have been passed along
By Ed Enoch, Staff Writer
Published: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 10:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 10:36 p.m.

The Alabama Department of Public Health wants to test about 250 people for tuberculosis as a precaution following their contact with a University of Alabama student who may have had an infectious case of the disease in the spring.

The Alabama Department of Public Health and the University of Alabama announced on Monday they were contacting about 160 individuals on campus and about 90 who had left since the spring...
 
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