What You Need to Know About TB Infection

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This booklet is one of several culturally-appropriate patient education materials produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute. All of these patient education materials can be found on the following webpage: www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/CulturalMaterials.htm. This booklet provides information on TB infection, the TB skin test, treatment for TB infection, and how to stay on TB medication.

Author:

CDC NCHHSTP Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Global Tuberculosis Institute at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

Topic:

TB Treatment, Treatment - Latent TB infection (Inactive TB), Treatment- Medication Information, Treatment- Patient Adherence

Language:

English