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In a message dated 9/1/2016 12:00:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jhandsfield at att.net writes:

TB is  problematic everywhere.  Certain strains will land a patient in  
isolation.  TB in general is difficult to treat - takes a cocktail of  drugs 
for 6 months to a  year.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
In the USA Midwest there is the confusion with an endemic fungal 
disease that mimics TB in the lungs:  histoplasmosis. 
 
My Aunt Helen spent a year in a regional TB sanitorium  for her  "pulmonary
TB."  She clinically improved and was discharged to discover  years
later that she had a negative skin test for TB.
 
Testing then revealed the true culprit.
 
 
David S.