May 26, 2012
Topics A-Z Infections A co-worker's daughter has tested positive for TB
A co-worker's daughter has tested positive for TB |
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Dear Ask The Doctor: A co-worker's daughter has tested positive for TB. However, the owner of the restaurant has not advised any of the other co-workers and is allowing this person to continue to work without getting tested. Shouldn't this co-worker get tested since it is her daughter who has tested positive? and what precautions should be taken? thank you, Carol Jackson Dear Carol: Tuberculosis is the infectious disease caused by M tuberculosis. The main route of transmission being respiratory - that is person inhaling the infected droplets. Now when that happens, and bacteria reaches the lungs, the body's immune system responds to it and in most of the cases contain the disease and the bacteria lie dormant in the body which is called latent infection and the person cannot transmit the organism to others. Methods employed to diagnose the disease at this stage may show positive results but they are interpreted along with clinical condition and symtoms so as to say diagnosis is mainly clinical and main symtoms being progressive weight loss , low grade fever , loss of appettite , night sweats and cough. What needs to be known is if doctor who advised your coworkers daughter tests for TB has actually put her on anti tubercular therapy or not , If she is put on therapy then your coworker and all close contact of the infected person should go for testing. |
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