Hospital employee contracts TB, probably from patient

Published August 3, 2007 4:00am ET



An employee of Johns Hopkins Hospital apparently contracted tuberculosis from a patient being treated there, hospital officials said Thursday.

The strain of tuberculosis contracted by the nonmedical employee is “very treatable,” and the employee remains at work, the hospital said in a statement.

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