TB-Infected Trainee Prompts Scare in Chicago

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 04/13/2009 - 07:42

WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- A pediatrics resident with undiagnosed tuberculosis exposed hundreds of children and hospital workers in the Chicago area to the potentially deadly infection, officials said.


 

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