25 test positive for TB at Gwinnett school

NORCROSS, Ga. - School officials say 25 of the 175 students and staff members tested for tuberculosis at Meadowcreek High School had positive readings and now must have a chest X-ray.

Sloan Roach, spokeswoman for Gwinnett County Public Schools, said those with positive readings showed no signs or symptoms of having TB. She said the results of their skins tests just indicated they have been exposed to TB at some time in their lives.

The school system said those who were tested for the airborne disease were identified as people who were in closest and continuous contact with an 11th-grader who had a suspected case of TB.