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BREAKING: Thousands May Have Been Exposed to Deadly TB Epidemic in Downtown Los Angeles
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[quote:Peach Head:MV8yMTQ4NDU1XzM2MzU4NTc1X0NBQjg1NTM=] Who gets MDR-TB (multidrug-resistant tuberculosis)? http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/tuberculosis/fact_sheet.htm "TB patients with drug sensitive disease may develop drug resistant tuberculosis if they fail to take anti tuberculosis medications as prescribed, as well as TB patients who have been prescribed an ineffective treatment plan. TB cases diseased with MDR-TB can transmit the drug resistant infection to other individuals." MDR-TB can be transmitted through the air and body fluids. It is highly virulent when airborne and can potentially mutate into a deadly plague. Scary stuff! Is this a test run? [/quote]
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)
— The feds are descending on downtown Los Angeles to combat what they say might be a dangerous outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis.
Jeff Nguyen, reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, went downtown in search of people who may have been exposed.
John Williams started living at the Weingart shelter on LA’s Skid Row two weeks ago. Before he could be admitted he had to undergo a screening for tuberculosis.
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