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TB testing? Positive
> Continued vigilance mandatory if tuberculosis cases, like the one at Northside Hospital, are to remain rare

> Published on: 07/28/05
Though tuberculosis rarely kills in the United States anymore, it still stalks impoverished populations at lethal levels around the world and remains a persistent public health threat domestically, especially in Georgia. The recent case involving an obstetrics nurse at Northside Hospital should be a reminder that TB is far from being eradicated and that efforts to combat the disease will have to adapt to the new face of those who may be spreading it.

Fortunately, no other cases connected to the Northside nurse have turned up, even though more than 200 people (including 37 babies) who may have come in contact with the nurse are being screened. Still, Georgia will record between 500 to 550 TB cases this year â€â€