tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post712108754174953615..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: When Residents Become VectorsDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-55368271299022571412009-04-15T03:57:00.000-05:002009-04-15T03:57:00.000-05:00I would expect that she acquired TB after earlier ...I would expect that she acquired TB <I>after</I> earlier testing. There are plenty of places in the US where one may be exposed to TB, even multi-drug resistant TB.<br /><br />I hope your TB test was negative. Last month, an ED ended up giving me some Cipro. Turns out that a patient of mine from earlier that night had meningitis. It wasn't a big surprise, but you want to shower a lot and avoid Rogue Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598646309630074992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-90171260411733765172009-04-12T18:03:00.000-05:002009-04-12T18:03:00.000-05:00How did she get that far into her residency withou...How did she get that far into her residency without apparently having a TB test?<BR/><BR/>Shoot, I did computer consulting at a large charitable residential facility for the developmentally disabled. When I found out I'd be assigned there, I got a TB test and made sure I was up to date on vaccines. I'm not paranoid, I just didn't want to be Typhoid Dilbert...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com