How long you stay in the hospital will be up to your doctor and your general health. Some people may stay longer than others. TB germs die very slowly. It takes at least 6 months for the medicine to kill the germs. If you don t continue to take your medicines as your doctor prescribed, you will be making the TB germs stronger instead of weaker.
Stronger germs are harder to kill.
Total number of active TB Cases diagnosed and reported upon incarceration into TDCJ-ID and counted as residents of their county of origin.