After an outbreak of tuberculosis in a nursing school in Chemnitz, contact chains are traced.
A trail also leads to Augsburg.
Augsburg – In January, there was an outbreak of tuberculosis in a nursing school in a nursing home in Chemnitz, Saxony.
A nursing student fell ill.
They immediately began to trace the young woman's contacts.
A tuberculosis infection was found in around a third of the contact persons.
The case is now getting bigger and bigger – also in Bavaria.
Outbreak of tuberculosis in Chemnitz: Contacts also in Bavaria
After the tuberculosis outbreak in Chemnitz, a spokesman for the city announced on Thursday, February 9, that chains of infection were also being traced to other federal states.
Specifically, contacts to Hamburg and Augsburg are known.
The authorities there have been informed.
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A biomedical illustration of tuberculosis, a contagious disease caused by bacteria.
There was an outbreak in Chemnitz.
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In Chemnitz, four people are currently being treated in hospital for tuberculosis as a result of the outbreak.
Two people have open tuberculosis, which means that the patients excrete pathogens and can infect other people.
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Tuberculosis outbreak in Chemnitz: Dangerous disease
Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria and is notifiable.
Tuberculosis is still extremely dangerous today, especially in poorer countries, although it can theoretically be treated with medication - there it is more deadly than the infectious diseases HIV/AIDS, writes the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
Tuberculosis: These symptoms and signs can indicate an infection.
The tuberculosis pathogens are mainly excreted through coughing and sneezing.
They then spread, as was the case with Corona, via aerosols in the air.
Whether contagion and an outbreak occurs depends on various factors - for example how long and intensive contact with the infected person was and how susceptible you are to infections.
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