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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• News Briefs
Kansas: Prisoner's Tuberculosis Prompts Testing Among Scores of Inmates
October 30, 2002 The discovery of tuberculosis in an inmate at the state prison in Lansing, Kan., has prompted screenings of 154 people for the disease, state health officials said. Of those, 27 tested positive for TB infection, though none have developed contagious, full-blown TB, said DeAnna McClenahan, the TB nurse consultant for the state Department of Health and Environment. The infected inmate is on medication and will be in isolation for two to four weeks until the medications take effect, and then would no longer be infectious, said Health Department spokesperson Sharon Watson. The inmates and jailers screened included 60 in Neosho County, 41 in Cherokee County, 50 in Crawford County and three in Linn County. McClenahan said the testing was widespread because the infected inmate had been housed in several county jails.
Excerpted from:Back to other CDC news for October 30, 2002 Associated Press 10.29.02 This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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