With all the dog gone screening healthcare does, would you believe we have had an active case of TB on a Navy ship? When I was in the Navy, this would have been caught sooner. Even the IDC's on the ship obviously didn't consider this a likely diagnosis.

This is unfortunate for the estimated 500 exposed. Hopefully they will only manifest a positive PPD test and NOT an acute case of TB. TB, while treatable still can cause significant damage to healthy lung tissue.

Tuberculosis Quarantine