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08-27-2007, 07:53 PM
Teen with TB jailed, receiving care
<!-- END HEADLINE --> <!-- BEGIN STORY BODY --> By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical WriterMon Aug 27, 6:44 PM ET
A teenager with active and contagious tuberculosis was jailed after he refused treatment at a hospital, and said he would return to Mexico, officials said Monday.
Francisco Santos, 17, agreed to take a regimen of four antibiotics Friday night after authorities obtained a court order to jail him, Gwinnett County health officials said at a news conference.
Santos is being held in isolation at a medical facility at the county jail, said Vernon Goins, a spokesman for the county health department. He is to be held until a Sept. 5 court hearing.
Eight of Santos' family members, who were in close contact with the teen, have also come in for tuberculosis tests. Results are expected in two or three days, Goins said.
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<!-- END HEADLINE --> <!-- BEGIN STORY BODY --> By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical WriterMon Aug 27, 6:44 PM ET
A teenager with active and contagious tuberculosis was jailed after he refused treatment at a hospital, and said he would return to Mexico, officials said Monday.
Francisco Santos, 17, agreed to take a regimen of four antibiotics Friday night after authorities obtained a court order to jail him, Gwinnett County health officials said at a news conference.
Santos is being held in isolation at a medical facility at the county jail, said Vernon Goins, a spokesman for the county health department. He is to be held until a Sept. 5 court hearing.
Eight of Santos' family members, who were in close contact with the teen, have also come in for tuberculosis tests. Results are expected in two or three days, Goins said.
MORE HERE (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070827/ap_on_re_us/tuberculosis_youth;_ylt=Aql.TkbE8xh0KQGphYU6OFkDW7 oF)