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San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Stephen Taylor said Thursday that police are looking for 25-year-old Eduardo Rosas Cruz, a transient who comes from a part of Mexico known for a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis.
Arrest Warant
Prosecutors say Rosas Cruz was diagnosed in March when he went to the hospital for treatment of a severe cough.
He was supposed to stay in a motel room, where a health worker would deliver his medication and watch him take it.
But prosecutors say he took off.
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
a reply to: theantediluvian
9000+ isnt even 100th of the u.s.populatuon are you sure your stats are right because i doubt a third of the world has tb.
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is curable and preventable.
TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.
About one-third of the world's population has latent TB, which means people have been infected by TB bacteria but are not (yet) ill with disease and cannot transmit the disease.
People infected with TB bacteria have a lifetime risk of falling ill with TB of 10%. However persons with compromised immune systems, such as people living with HIV, malnutrition or diabetes, or people who use tobacco, have a much higher risk of falling ill.
Department of Health and Human Services recommend testing for all students and staff who were in any class or after-school activity with the infected individual between October 2013 and January 2014.
About one-third of the world's population has latent TB, which means people have been infected by TB bacteria but are not (yet) ill with disease and cannot transmit the disease.
originally posted by: igor_ats
So his arrest warrant is for having tuberc or for being an illegal? I read the arrest warrant and it sounds like it's just because he has TB (not that there's anything wrong with that if it's deadly).
Usually, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis can be cured with long treatments of second-line drugs, but these are more expensive than first-line drugs and have more adverse effects.[2] The treatment and prognosis of MDR-TB are much more akin to that for cancer than to that for infection. It has a mortality rate of up to 80%, which depends on a number of factors, including:
1. How many drugs the organism is resistant to (the fewer the better)
2. How many drugs the patient is given (patients treated with five or more drugs do better)
3. Whether an injectable drug is given or not (it should be given for the first three months at least)
4. The expertise and experience of the physician responsible
5. How co-operative the patient is with treatment (treatment is arduous and long, and requires persistence and determination on the part of the patient)
6. Whether the patient is HIV positive or not (HIV co-infection is associated with an increased mortality).
In court papers filed in support of the warrant, officials say Rosas Cruz resisted treatment from the start. He also uses crack coc aine and methamphetamine.
He was supposed to stay in a motel room, where a health worker would deliver his medication and watch him take it.
originally posted by: ckhk3
a reply to: VoidHawk
Hey, I think your school gave you very bad information. I don't believe you are immune to it. If you have latent TB that means that you have the disease but it is not active YET, it can still become activated. I also have latent TB, I test positive but my TB isn't active. My doctor put me on a daily medication for one year and I take yearly chest x-rays to see if the TB is active or not. I highly suggest you get a few professional opinions (besides your school) before you continue on like this. I may be wrong but I rather say something than nothing at all. Best wishes.
originally posted by: crankyoldman
Arrest? Arrest? Seriously?
So they are going to "arrest" a sick man, his crime being that he is sick - it is against the law to be sick, even though we claim being sick is a act of god.
They are going to put said sick man in a jail with many other men. The men in the jail will of course then be exposed to the illness the authorities are looking to keep from spreading.
The logic is astounding.