Par
Julien Bouteiller
Published on
Nov. 20 2024 at 9:21 am
Contagious disease that can last a long time, tuberculosis was diagnosed with a person at the Rouen law school, on Pasteur Avenueindicates the ARS, confirming the information revealed by France 3 Normandy.
Out of concern for medical confidentiality, the Regional Health Agency does not provide further information on the patient identified as having contracted the disease.
Tuberculosis is a notifiable disease, and therefore this case was investigated to identify potential contacts. This investigation “conducted by the Anti-Tuberculosis Center (Clat) of Seine-Maritime allowed the identification around sixty contacts among students and around ten among teachers. Information was carried out by the Clat teams in order to suggest the implementation of screening.
What is tuberculosis?
“Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most often affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person through the air, from respiratory forms of the disease.
It is an illness that can usually last for several months. This disease exists in two forms, non-contagious latent tuberculosis (LTBI) and potentially contagious tuberculosis disease.
Tuberculosis is less contagious than diseases like the flu or measles. Transmission usually requires prolonged, close contact in a confined environment, which can range from 8 hours to several dozen hours of contact depending on the degree of contagiousness of the sick person. Not all people in contact with a case of tuberculosis will therefore be systematically ill. »
This screening is done by x-ray then by blood test to identify a possible latent form. “People in contact with the case do not have to put in place specific barrier measures outside of the recommended measures in the event of respiratory symptoms”, specifies the ARS which reassures by recalling that the infection has treatment with antibiotics.
Contacts will be followed by Clat who will keep the ARS informed of the situation.
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