NBC VITALS : TB OUTBREAK AMONG LOST ANGELES article by Deena Beasley and Julie Steenhuysen
for Rueters. The cluster of TB cases going on in Los Angeles follows a pattern of infection. A review of 51 TB cases which the CDC investigated between 2002 and 2008 published in Emerging Infectious Diseases found substance abuse was the most common risk factor, with 58 percent of outbreak patients reporting substance abuse. LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TB PAGE Most cases can be cured with a six-month cocktail of antibiotics, but rates of drug-resistant TB have been spreading fast, causing alarm among public health officials and prompting calls for more research into new treatments.
CLICK ON THIS LINK TO FIND LOCATIONS FOR TESTING FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE: LAHD - COUNTY HOSPITALS THAT DO TB TESTS
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