Cache Creek Casino Resort Confirms Case of Contagious Tuberculosis
Posted on: August 7, 2025, 12:48h.
Last updated on: August 7, 2025, 07:35h.
- A case of TB has been detected at a tribal casino in Northern California
- Cache Creek Casino Resort remains open
- No further positive cases have been found
A tribal casino resort in Northern California confirms the positive detection of a case of contagious tuberculosis (TB).
A health notice from the Cache Creek Casino Resort in Brooks, CA, reveals that a person in the community recently tested positive for TB. Active tuberculosis is a type of bacteria that most often affects the lungs. TB is spread through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or spits.
A person can contract the infectious bacterial disease by inhaling only a few droplets of the germs, the World Health Organization says. The tribal casino, owned and operated by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, says it is sharing the TB news “out of an abundance of caution.”
A case of contagious tuberculosis has been identified in our community. In collaboration with public health officials from the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, Cache Creek Casino Resort staff are conducting contact tracing to identify and notify individuals who may have had close contact with the affected person. Health authorities define close contact as having a cumulative exposure of at least eight hours to the individual with TB,” the Cache Creek Casino Resort notice read.
Cache Creek is located about 30 miles west of Sacramento in Yolo County. The tribal casino has 2,300 slot machines, 80 live dealer table games, 659 hotel rooms, a spa and pool complex, an entertainment center, meeting and event space, and an 18-hole golf course.
Details Limited
The Cache Creek Casino Resort Health Notice did not specify whether the “community” member was an employee at the tribal gaming property or simply was present on its grounds. It was not a tribal member, a Cache Creek spokesperson told Casino.org.
Employees, however, are being encouraged to contact their primary care provider for additional guidance, especially those with compromised immune systems or underlying health conditions.
Symptoms of active TB include weakness, fatigue, weight loss, loss of appetite, chills, fever, and sweating. More serious symptoms include a cough lasting three weeks or longer, chest pain, and coughing up blood.
Not all who become infected with TB will present symptoms, especially healthy adults. WHO says people living with HIV and diabetes, along with those who are malnourished and smoke tobacco, have a higher risk of falling ill from TB.
TB can be treated and cured. Death from TB is rare in the U.S., with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying there were 565 reported TB deaths in 2022, the most recently reported year. That equates to a mortality rate of just 0.2 deaths per 100,000 persons.
Resort Remains Open
There have been no subsequent positive active TB cases stemming from the Cache Creek Casino Resort incident. As a result, the property remains open for business.
Employees and guests who might have been in close contact with the infected patient are being contacted to conduct contact tracing.
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