TB Confirmed in Lakewood HS Community

WESTLAKE, Ohio?

Officials with Lakewood City Schools say that a member of the Lakewood High School community has contracted tuberculosis.

The district received information on Thursday evening from the Cuyahoga County Tuberculosis Program that an individual affiliated with the West Shore Career-Technical District has tested positive for the bacterial infection. The West Shore Career-Technical District is housed at Lakewood High School.

According to the Lakewood City Schools website, the infected person was diagnosed over winter break and has not returned to school. Experts at the TB Clinic at MetroHealth Medical Center have advised school officials that the risk of anyone else contracting the bacterial infection is extremely low and that the school does not need to close.

The TB Clinic will be contacting individuals who may have been exposed to the bacteria and has advised against the need for general testing at the school.

According to the CDC, TB bacteria usually attack the lungs, but the bacteria can attack any part of the body.

The CDC says that if not treated properly, TB bactera can be fatal.

TB is spread through the air from one person to another. It is not spread by shaking hands, sharing food or drink, touching bed linens or toilet seats, sharing toothbrushes or kissing.

On Wednesday a case of TB was confirmed in a student at Westlake High School.

Source: http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-tb-at-lakewood-high-school,0,4682142.story?track=rss

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