Tuberculosis — Worldwide/Unknown
Queensland Health is still searching for people in the state’s far north who may have been exposed to an [extensively] multi-drug resistant (XMDR) strain of tuberculosis (TB).
Last month [April 2013], a woman died in Cairns Base Hospital while being treated for TB. Chief health officer Jeannette Young says anyone who was in contact with the woman for more than 8 hours is being screened.
“The last number I got was something like 60 or so out of the 70-80 or so people, because as we go and
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