active pulmonary tuberculosis :: Article Creator County Confirms Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Case At Lane Middle School A person at Lane Middle School may have been contagious with tuberculosis for almost eight months, Multnomah County announced Thursday afternoon. The county confirmed the one active case of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Woodstock neighborhood school, and said the person was recently diagnosed. At this time, officials are "optimistic" that spread won't occur from this specific case, though the person could have been contagious for eight months—from Sept. 3, 2024, to May 1, 2025. Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs, can, if left untreated, progress into more serious symptoms or even death. The disease can be active, like the one at Lane, meaning it is contagious and presents symptoms, or latent, meaning the bacteria are present but the carrier is not contagious and presents no sympto...