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The death of a Virginia nurse who ignored her symptoms of tuberculosis for months and continued to work serves as a cautionary reminder for hospitals and health care workers: TB remains a risk in many states. Untreated infection can lead to a TB outbreak and even death. And health care workers who go to work sick may be endangering their patients.

Nurse dies of TB, infects patients