{"id":506551,"date":"2026-10-24T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506551\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:48:32","slug":"2-active-tuberculosis-cases-linked-to-san-francisco-strip-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506551\/","title":{"rendered":"2 active tuberculosis cases linked to San Francisco strip club"},"content":{"rendered":"

A downtown San Francisco strip club is now part of a public health investigation over a spread of tuberculosis, a potentially deadly bacterial disease, the city\u2019s public health authorities told NBC Bay Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Department of Public Health said it\u2019s looking into two confirmed cases at The Crazy Horse, a strip club on Market Street that\u2019s been run for more than three decades.<\/p>\n

The first confirmed case was in early October, the department said, after which it began efforts to trace who else may have been infected.<\/p>\n

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\"ExteriorCrazy Horse Gentlemen\u2019s Club, a strip club located on Market Street in San Francisco. Crazy Horse SF<\/p>\n

\u201cThese efforts are ongoing and at this time, the risk to the general public is low,\u201d the department said in a statement. \u201cIf this status changes, we will let the public know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease, which typically attacks the lungs, that appears in both active and latent forms. The disease may stay hidden for a while with no symptoms until it turns contagious and serious.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of tuberculosis can include coughing up blood, a cough lasting more than three weeks, fatigue, and unintentional weight loss.<\/p>\n

Contracting it requires prolonged exposure to a contagious person. The bacteria is airborne, and transmission could be higher in places that are crowded with poor ventilation, experts said.<\/p>\n

\"LightTuberculosis has struck an SF strip club. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Experts said the contract tracing may take a while for the city to provide any updates, as the bacteria behind tuberculosis grows slowly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll do testing and probably repeat the testing in a few weeks, because again, sometimes the testing may be negative, but because [the bacteria] grows so slowly, eventually that test may turn positive if there was a true infection,\u201d Peter Chin-Hong, a medical professor at UC San Francisco, told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Chin-Hong cautioned against concluding an outbreak occurred, considering that it\u2019s possible the two cases aren\u2019t even linked and may have gotten their infection seperately from other places.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Department of Public Health said it is important for people at risk of tuberculosis to get tested and treated.<\/p>\n

The California Post reached out to the strip club for any comment.<\/p>\n

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