WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has placed in isolation a man who may have exposed fellow passengers and crew on two May trans-Atlantic flights to a tuberculosis strain that is extremely hard to treat, officials said on Tuesday.
It was first time the U.S. government has issued such an isolation order since 1963, when it took action against a smallpox patient, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The man, a U.S. citizen from the state of Georgia, is suffering from extensive drug-resistant TB, known as XDR TB, which resists virtually all antibiotics, the CDC said. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that usually attacks the lungs.
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This is not good news. The man traveled to several countries,and therefore came into contact with a lot of people. I would not be surprised if several people die over this.
The bad thing about all of this is the fact the man knew he was ill. He was advised not to travel, but he did anyway! Reports say that he did not know he had this severe strain of TB.
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