Enlarge / Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis micro organism, which trigger TB. (credit score: Getty | NIH/NIAID)

A lady in Washington state is going through digital residence monitoring and doable jail time after spending the previous 12 months willfully violating a number of courtroom orders to have her energetic, contagious case of tuberculosis handled and to remain in isolation whereas doing so.

Final week, the Tacoma-Pierce County Well being Division introduced that it was “monitoring” a case of energetic tuberculosis in a county girl who had refused therapy.

“Most individuals we contact are pleased to get the therapy they want,” Nigel Turner, division director of Communicable Illness Management, mentioned in a press announcement final week. “Sometimes individuals refuse therapy and isolation. When that occurs, we take steps to assist hold the neighborhood secure.”