US places man with TB under quarantine, launches search for contactees
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{{date|May 30, 2007}}

[[Image:Gradymemorial.JPG|thumb|right|Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. {{Image source|[[Commons:User:TheCustomOfLife|TheCustomOfLife]]}}]]
A man infected with {{w|extensively drug resistant tuberculosis}} (XDR-TB) has been placed in isolation at {{w|Grady Memorial Hospital}} with an armed guard at the door in {{w|Atlanta}}, [[Georgia (US state)|Georgia]]. This marks the first time the [[United States]] government has {{w|Quarantine|quarantined}} a person in over 40 years.

The US agency for protecting public health, the {{w|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}} (CDC), says that this form of {{w|tuberculosis}}, while rare, is "resistant to almost all drugs."

{{CQuote|CDC learned that a patient with XDR TB traveled to Europe via commercial airline (Air France # 385) departing Atlanta on May 12 and arriving in Paris on May 13, 2007, and returned to the United States after taking a commercial flight on May 24 from Prague, Czech Republic to Montreal, Canada (Czech Air # 0104). The patient re-entered the U.S. on May 24 via automobile.  Since May 25, the patient has been hospitalized in respiratory isolation and is undergoing additional medical evaluation.|CDC Press Release, May 29, 2007}}

CDC officials said at a press conference that they are currently seeking to contact 80 fellow passengers on the transatlantic flights. They are concentrating on them because they were exposed for a longer amount of time.

The man, who is from {{w|Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County}}, Georgia, told {{w|The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}} in a phone interview, that both he and the CDC knew of his case. Further, he had been asked not to travel, but not specifically prohibited. He wanted to go to [[Greece]] for his wedding. He was then contacted by the CDC, while on his {{w|honeymoon}} in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], and asked to turn himself over to Italian health officials.

However, he decided to make his own way back to the US. "I didn't want to put anybody at risk," he said. "We just wanted to come home and get treatment." 

===CDC phone number for public inquiries===
<center>{{PhoneContact|The CDC manages a toll-free phone number for public inquiries.<br>
:The public inquiry number is 1-800-CDC-INFO}}</center>

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2007/05/30/0530meshpanic.html
|title=CDC: 80 airline passengers sought in TB case
|author=Kevin Duffy
|pub=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
|date=May 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/05/30/tb.flight/index.html
|title=Man knew he had TB before flying to Europe
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=May 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.ajc.com/health/content/health/stories/2007/05/29/0530meshtb.html?imw=Y
|title=Atlantan quarantined with deadly TB strain
|author=Alison Young
|pub=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
|date=May 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6706437.stm
|title=US steps up precautions over TB
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=May 30, 2007}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www2a.cdc.gov/HAN/ArchiveSys/ViewMsgV.asp?AlertNum=00262
|title=Investigation of U.S. Traveler with Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis 
|pub=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
|date=May 29, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6702765.stm
|title=US in TB flight infection warning
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=May 29, 2007}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cdc.gov/tb/xdrtb/ Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis], CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

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