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Madison Hospital Worker Tests Positive For Tuberculosis

MADISON, Wis. — A Madison hospital patient care provider has tested positive for a rare but possibly contagious form of tuberculosis.

The head of infectious disease for the University of Wisconsin Hospital said he believes that the likelihood anyone will get sick from this incident is low but that more testing needs to be done on some health care workers to pinpoint the risk.

More than 100 patients could be contacted by the hospital, WISC-TV reported.