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Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know

This document is intended for use as a reference manual for clinicians caring for persons with or at high risk for TB disease or infection. It is not meant to provide detailed answers to all public health or clinical questions about TB, and it is not meant as a substitute for any specific guidelines. It is anticipated that new guidelines will be published in the future that will supersede information in this document, and these new guidelines will be posted on the DTBE website: https://www.cdc.gov/tb.

Author:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention

Audiences:

Physicians

Topic:

Patient Care, TB Prevention

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