Email Notification re: Tuberculosis (reposted here)
posted 5 months ago
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TO: The UMBC Campus Community
FR: Jennifer K. Lepus, Director of University Health Services
RE: Case of Tuberculosis on Campus
The university would like to notify the campus that a member of the UMBC
community has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is an
airborne disease, which typically affects the lungs and can cause a
cough, chest pain, bloody sputum, weakness, weight loss, chills, fever
and night sweats.
University
Health Services has worked with The Baltimore County Department of
Health to isolate the individual and initiate treatment. The university
and the health department also are working to notify people who may have
been in contact with this individual, so appropriate screening tests
can be done.
It
should be emphasized that tuberculosis is very difficult to contract
through typical campus life. It is a respiratory illness that requires
prolonged, sustained, close contact with an infected individual. It is
important that campus members be aware of the very low potential for
risk or danger to the health of any member of the community.
As
with any other communicable disease of concern, The Baltimore County
Department of Health is working closely with the patient and the
university.
We
will continue to investigate the situation and, as necessary, take
swift and appropriate action to protect the health of the university
community. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact
Jennifer K. Lepus, Director of University Health Services, at
410-455-2542 or Carol Campbell, at The Baltimore County Department of
Health, at 410-887-2711.
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