Chicago health authorities detect multiple cases of tuberculosis in immigrant shelters. The city's Department of Public Health denied that cases of the dangerous bacterial infection are enough to qualify as an "outbreak," but did not report how many were detected or in which shelters.
Tuberculosis can be cured with antibiotics, and its transmission usually requires hours of contact between individuals. It is a bacterial disease that generally attacks the lungs. But it can also attack other parts of the body, including the kidneys, spine and brain.