Posted at 3:29 p.m., Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Cruise ship employee suspected of having TB
Advertiser Staff
An employee on a cruise ship that stopped in Kaua'i is suspected of having tuberculosis, according to the state Health Department.The department is waiting for test results and trying to determine who the employee was in close contact with because the disease can only be transmitted through close contact for a sustained period.
Meanwhile, the employee is being treated at a state hospital as if he had tuberculosis and has shown some improvement, said Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo.
The identity of the patient and name of the cruise ship were not released.
