Active TB Confirmed Case
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students:
Late last week, the clinicians of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Student Health Services diagnosed a student with signs and symptoms of active tuberculosis (TB). The Student Health Services staff contacted the Guilford County Department of Public Health immediately, as required by state communicable disease law. The student was transferred to a hospital where further evidence of TB was found. The student is responding to antibiotics and may return to school when no longer contagious.
The Department of Public Health is working with the student and the University to identify and test those at risk of acquiring TB. Those who are at risk have had close and prolonged contact with this student. These are the residents living in the same residence hall and students/faculty attending the same classes. A process is underway to contact these individuals personally. GCHD nurses will be on the campus to do a TB skin test for those who have been identified as close contacts.
UNCG and GCDPH will continue to work together in this effort. All those identified to be at risk will receive the TB skin test at no cost. Those with positive skin tests will be offered antibiotics free of charge. Tuberculosis is not spread by brief contact with an infected person. It can be cured with antibiotics.
Please feel free to direct any questions to Dr. Tresa Saxton, Director, Student Health Services at (336) 334-3134.
Sincerely,
Linda P. Brady
Chancellor
