After all the hysteria and reporting about Andrew Speaker, the American lawyer who was supposedly infected with a highly drug resistant form of tuberculosis was misdiagnosed. It turns out, according to a federal health official, that the type of tuberculosis Speaker has is a less severe and can often be managed with the proper antibiotics.

The scare began in May when Speaker was diagnosed with a drug resistant type of TB through a bronchoscopy sample that was taken. But, after a series of sputum samples were taken, it was shown that his TB was a milder form, multi-drug-resistant TB that can be treated using some antibiotics that the more severe type resists.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) stepped in after they learned that Speaker had flown to Greece to wed around May 18th. He is now being held under a standard Denver Public Health order used for TB patients in the hospital. The CDC contacted over 100 passengers and crews on two flights who sat near Speaker and encouraged them to get tested for TB.

And according to Dr. Charles Daley of National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver the type of TB (MDR) that Speaker has is still quite difficult to treat and can be deadly unless the proper antibiotics are given. Dr. Daley also thinks that it is important to continue to track down anyone who may have been infected.

In the meantime, Speaker released a statement saying that he hoped that this news would help calm the fears of those who were on flights with him and that the entire incident has had a negative effect on his family's reputation and their ability to earn a living.

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