Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. A man infected with extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been placed in isolation at Grady Memorial Hospital with an armed guard at the door in Atlanta , Georgia. This marks the first time the United States government has quarantined a person in over 40 years. The US agency for protecting public health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), says that this form of tuberculosis , while rare, is "resistant to almost all drugs." The man, who is from Fulton County , Georgia, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in a phone interview, that both he and the CDC knew of his case. Further, he had been asked not to travel, but not specifically prohibited. He wanted to go to Greece for his wedding. He was then contacted by the CDC, while on his honeymoon in Rome, Italy, and asked to turn himself over to Italian health officials.
Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. A man infected with (XDR-TB) has been placed in isolation at with an armed guard at the door in , Georgia. This marks the first time the United States government has a person in over 40 years. The US agency for protecting public health, the (CDC), says that this form of , while rare, is "resistant to almost all drugs." The man, who is from , Georgia, told in a phone interview, that both he and the CDC knew of his case. Further, he had been asked not to travel, but not specifically prohibited. He wanted to go to Greece for his wedding. He was then contacted by the CDC, while on his in Rome, Italy, and asked to turn himself over to Italian health officials.
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extensively drug resistant tuberculosis
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Grady Memorial Hospital
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Atlanta
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quarantined
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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tuberculosis
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Fulton County
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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honeymoon