Preliminary positive tuberculosis result for inmate at Dixon Correctional Institute
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JACKSON - An inmate at Dixon Correctional Center received a preliminary positive test result for tuberculosis on Thursday, officials said.
According to the state Department of Corrections, the inmate received a preliminary positive result during regulatory testing. Until further testing, the inmate is being isolated and receiving treatment.
DOC said the prison is not on lockdown, but inmate transfers are suspended.
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The result comes one day after Governor Landry announced that there was a federal inmate with a rare drug-resistant tuberculosis strain. In that case, the woman was an inmate at Basile and Monroe.