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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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March 14, 1992
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TUBER.ASC
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-EMERGENCYNET NEWS
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SVC.-01/24/92-1630CST
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NEW TUBERCULOSIS "EPIDEMIC" SPREADING
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By Clark Staten, EMT-Paramedic
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Chicago, IL. A new and virulent form of tuberculosis has struck as
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many as thirteen (13) states, including Illinois. The states named
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by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) include; New York, New
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Jersey, Alabama, California, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Virginia,
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Washington, Pennsylvania, Florida, Hawaii, and Illinois.
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This new mutant form of tuberculosis is proving resistant to
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standard antibiotic treatments that have been used for years to
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treat the disease. According the CDC officials, they requested that
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representatives of as many as forty-eight (48) states come to a
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recent two day meeting to attempt to develop strategies to combat
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the new strain of bacteria.
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Public health reports have been received that multiple outbreaks of
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the deadly new form of the virus have already occurred in at least
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five states, with eight others reporting one case of the newly
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mutated form. Reportedly, thirty-one (31) other states have also
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reported higher than normal numbers of the standard form of
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tuberculosis. Several health officials have also expressed concerns
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that they do not have adequate data on the actual number of victims
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of the new strain, in order to determine the true extent of
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the threat.
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Tuberculosis, like many other virus-type diseases, is spread by
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"droplet dispersion", when the infected patient coughs or sneezes.
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Contact with the infected body fluids has been shown to be the
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primary route of introduction to the disease. Health care and
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emergency workers seem to be those at greatest risk from
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tuberculosis, due to the fact they are often called upon to be in
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close contact with the victims.
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The latest lethal strain of the disease also seems to have been most
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often reported when associated with those with the Human
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Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Researchers say that it is possible
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that those with a compromised immune system may be the most
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susceptible to this new form of the disease, and that is why they
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are being diagnosed at the onset of this outbreak.
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Doctors at the Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York, have reported
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the latest large outbreak of the disease. Out of thirteen (13)
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patients diagnosed with the drug-resistant virus, eleven (11) have
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died. In the New York outbreak, however, researchers point out that
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85% of the patient that expired also had tested positive for HIV.
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Doctors report that some patients, infected with the drug-resistant
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form of tuberculosis, can be cured with early multiple antibiotic
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intervention. They say that early diagnosis and treatment seem to
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be most important factors in the eventual survival of the infected
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patients. CDC experts, however, report that they do not at this time
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have sufficient data to determine the overall mortality rate for
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exposures to drug resistant tuberculosis.
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Dr. Dixie Snider, CDC's top tuberculosis expert, reportedly issued
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the following statement; "At no time in recent history has
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tuberculosis been of such concern as it is now. . . because
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tuberculosis is out of control in this country". President Bush is
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expected to acknowledge the growing threat of this disease by
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announcing increased funding for tuberculosis prevention and
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research programs in the Health & Human Service's 1992-1993 budget.
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