ARIZONA: Lake Havasu City Woman with TB to Be Isolated

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ARIZONA: Lake Havasu City Woman with TB to Be Isolated

Associated Press (12.15.07) - Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Health officials said Friday that a Lake Havasu City woman hospitalized with active TB since Nov. 30 will be kept in isolation until she is well enough to go home. The woman's response to medication will determine how long she is isolated, said Christine Bronston, a Mohave County health department nurse who specializes in infectious diseases. So far, none of the woman's co-workers at the local Sterlite Corp. plant has tested positive. This case is believed to be unrelated to that of a Lake Havasu City nursing home patient with active TB who transmitted it to several people this fall before dying.
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