This 2-page document covers the basics of when TB skin tests are recommended, how TB is spread, what active TB disease and latent TB infection is, and what getting a TB skin test entails.
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General Public
2017
This story highlights the personal experiences of a Tuberculosis (TB) survivor who was diagnosed and treated for TB disease. The survivor details the challenges of a lengthy hospital stay, her worries over how TB medicines would affect her pregnancy and baby, and her work as an advocate since recovering from TB...
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At Risk Persons
General Public
Persons with TB
2017
People with HIV and latent TB infection need treatment for HIV and for latent TB infection as soon as possible to prevent them from developing TB disease. Unfortunately, some people with HIV do not know they are infected with TB. Similarly, some people with TB disease are unaware of their HIV status, although HIV status reporting for people with TB is improving...
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Adults
At Risk Persons
Community Based Organizations
General Public
HIV Positive Persons
Persons with HIV/AIDS
Persons with TB
2017
This fact sheet provides information regarding the 12-dose regimen for treating latent TB infection.
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Adults
At Risk Persons
Non-U.S.-born persons
General Public
Persons with TB
2016
This webinar is a public forum and panel discussion convened to examine the global health challenges that TB presents, examine the limitations and challenges of current treatment options, and discuss the search for new and better TB drugs and other tools. A podcast, speakers' biographies, and a transcript is also available...
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General Public
2014
This poster in black, grey, and white, promotes World TB Day March 24, 2014. World TB Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about TB and to support the worldwide fight against TB.
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General Public
2014
This poster in black, grey, and white, promotes World TB Day March 24, 2014. World TB Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about TB and to support the worldwide fight against TB.
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General Public
2014
This brochure provides patients with information on what to expect during their first visit to a TB clinic. This resource includes information on questions to ask for insurance purposes, interpreter services, and tests that might be ordered.
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General Public
Persons With LTBI
Persons with TB
2013
This information sheet discusses the once-a-week 12-week treatment of rifapentine and isoniazid for latent TB infection (LTBI). It explains LTBI, why it is necessary to treat it, the treatment plan and how it is managed, and a chart for tracking. It also includes hints on how to take the medicine including eating before taking it and avoiding alcohol, and describes normal side effects and possible problems including which signs and symptoms require you to call the doctor or nurse and what to do when taking a dose of medicine in the absence of medical staff...
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General Public
2012
This information sheet discusses treatment for latent TB infection. It reminds patients to keep their weekly medical visits, explains directly observed therapy, provides a list of items to discuss with their doctor, a medication schedule, and advises them to call the doctor immediately if they experience any of the side effects on the list...
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General Public
Persons With LTBI
2012
This information sheet discusses TB and the risk for international travelers. It explains TB transmission, multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of the disease, and how drug resistance occurs. The information sheet considers whether international travelers are at risk of MDR or XDR TB while traveling, the risk of acquiring TB on an airplane, how TB can be prevented, TB vaccine, and what an individual should do before traveling internationally and if an individual thinks that he/she may have been exposed to someone with TB disease...
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General Public
2012
This information sheet explains TB for employers in non-healthcare settings. It describes TB disease, latent TB infection (LTBI), active TB, how it is determined whether a patient has active TB or LTBI, the symptoms of TB, what one should do if an employee reports having positive TB or has been in contact with someone with TB, and what happens after the employer contacts the local or state TB program...
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General Public
2012
This fact sheet discusses TB and how it is affected by the HIV. It defines TB and explains the difference between TB infection and latent TB infection. The fact sheet advises that HIV weakens the immune system increasing the chance that in people with HIV and latent TB, the TB germs will become active and attack the body causing TB disease...
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General Public
2012
The handout describes the main characteristics of LTBI and Active TB, as well as their differences. The material also describes what increases the risk for developing Active TB and how to prevent TB from developing.
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General Public
Persons With LTBI
2012
This video provides a step-by-step guide for patients on how to collect sputum at home. The video is available in 18 languages (Burmese, English, French, Hmong, Karen, Karenni, Khmer, Kunama, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Urdu, and Vietnamese).
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General Public
2011
