Tests negative for tuberculosis in student at St. FX
Posted Oct 6, 2015 09:53:47 AM.
Last Updated Oct 6, 2015 04:25:38 PM.
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ANTIGONISH – The Nova Scotia Health Authority says tests results show a student at St. Francis Xavier University does not have tuberculosis.
The authority had said the case involving a student in Antigonish was suspected to be the infectious disease, but lab results show the student doesn’t have it.
Tuberculosis typically attacks the lungs but can affect any part of the body with symptoms including weakness, fever and coughing.
It is spread from person to person through bacteria in the air.