A GLASGOW schoolgirl is being treated for suspected TB.

The 15-year-old, a pupil at the all-girl Notre Dame High in the West End, is being treated at home after showing signs of the potentially deadly lung infection.

But doctors have ruled out any link with two cases of the infection in an outbreak at Notre Dame's Primary earlier this year.

In January, children at the nearby primary school were tested for the infection after a teacher was found to be suffering from tuberculosis.

But the city's health board today stressed there would be no need to test the 800 pupils and 65 teachers at the high school because there was no reason to believe they were at risk.

Dr Oliver Blatchford, a public health consultant with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, said: "This case is linked to an earlier diagnosis of TB within this pupil's family and is in no way related to the school.

"This individual is showing none of the symptoms that can spread the TB bacteria, such as prolonged coughing, and so no risk has been presented to pupils at the school."

Many people with TB in their lungs suffer from a constant cough or bringing up "dirty" looking spit which can spread the bacteria but the teenager in the latest outbreak did not have these symptoms.

She is recovering at home after beginning treatment with antibiotics and is expected to make a full recovery.