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Fluoroquinolone therapy for contacts of individuals with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is associated with cost savings and reduced incidence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

Fluoroquinolone Preventive Therapy Deemed Beneficial in TB

HealthDay.com - Jun 17, 2015 0

Health system savings, health benefits with therapy for contacts of patients with multi-drug resistant TB

U.S. health authorities are trying to find anyone who may have had contact with a woman who has been diagnosed with a highly drug-resistant form of tuberculosis.

CDC: Seeking Those Exposed to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

HealthDay.com - Jun 10, 2015 0

Patient spent seven weeks in country, traveled to three states before diagnosis

More than 300 students and staff at Olathe Northwest High School were tested last week after a reported case of tuberculosis at the school. The testing identified 27 more people with tuberculosis infection

Over Two Dozen Test Positive for TB at Kansas High School

HealthDay.com - Mar 19, 2015 0

Officials testing all who might have been in close contact with the first confirmed case of TB

As health officials in Kansas struggle with an outbreak of tuberculosis at a local high school

CDC: Decline in TB Rates in the United States Slowing Down

HealthDay.com - Mar 19, 2015 0

2013 decrease is smallest seen in more than a decade

Implementation of a culture-based screening algorithm in 2007 reduced the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among immigrants and refugees bound for the United States

Culture-Based Screening Algorithm Cuts TB in Immigrants

HealthDay.com - Mar 17, 2015 0

Reduction in incidence of TB among newly arrived, foreign-born persons in the United States

In 26 U.S. tuberculosis outbreaks the initial source case-patients had long incubation periods and were characterized by substance abuse

Characteristics of Tuberculosis Source Cases Identified

HealthDay.com - Feb 25, 2015 0

Source-case patients have long infectious periods; most report substance abuse, homelessness, prison

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