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Tuberculosis patient possibly exposed hundreds at Georgia school, amid global rise

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Local health officials identified the infected student at Walton High School , in Marietta , Georgia .

The student with the bacterial disease had contact with about 200 students and faculty.

Public health officials conducted skin tests Tuesday , but no one has tested positive.

Tuberculosis is caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium and spreads through bacteria.

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