Investigation of Tuberculosis in a High School - San Antonio, Texas, 2012.

On February 21, 2012, the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) Tuberculosis Clinic was notified that two students at Madison High School had laboratory-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). During March-September 2012, public health officials from SAMHD collaborated with the school district to conduct an outbreak investigation that included performing tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) on high-risk contacts of active TB patients. To ensure compliance, all TSTs were performed at the school.