Posted on 10/21/2016 2:46:21 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
Full title : Ingham County, Michigan: One Refugee Diagnosed With Multi-Drug Resistant TB; 22 Percent Have Latent TB.
One of the 3,554 refugees resettled in Ingham County, Michigan (Lansing) during the six years beginning October 1, 2010 and ending on September 30, 2016 (FY 2011 to FY 2016) has been diagnosed with multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB), the Ingham County Health Department tells Breitbart News.
MDR TB is a very dangerous and expensive to treat type of TB that is a growing world wide problem and has recently become a public health issue in the United States as well.
In addition to to the one case of MDR TB diagnosed among refugees in Ingham County, four additional cases of active TB were diagnosed among refugees in Ingham County during this six-year period, the Ingham County Health Department says.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Yes I know. However it lowers your immune system.
I had to get checked for TB exposure prior to treatment with it.
If you are going to be around people you might seriously consider wearing a mask
Hang in. Stay as healthy as you can
This info should not be published as 0bamma will now import as many as he can as per the ebola immigrants months back. Anything to harm the nation.
Thank you, Omuzzy.
Levels are much higher in those previously treated for tuberculosis - about 20%...”
I don’t like hearing that! I had atypical TB 45 years ago. I got locked into a TB Ward at Milwaukee General, for almost a year before they figured out I wasn’t contagious and probably picked it up gardening. I had a huge Lilly patch in my yard.
Thanks for the ping.
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