Tuberculosis and You: A Guide to Tuberculosis Treatment and Services
This pamphlet provides general information about LTBI and TB disease diagnosis and treatment as well as information about home isolation.
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La tuberculosis y usted: Guía sobre el tratamiento de la tuberculosis y los servicios relacionados[Tuberculosis and You: A Guide to Tuberculosis Treatment and Services]
This pamphlet provides general information about LTBI and TB disease diagnosis and treatment as well as information about home isolation.
Instructions for Collecting Sputum for a TB Test
This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.
Cómo Recolectar una Muestra de Esputo[Instructions for Collecting Sputum for TB]
This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.
Home Sputum Collection
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).
TB Prevention in the HIV-infected Patient: Screening, Testing, and Treatment of Latent TB Infection
This online course, which includes slides, audio narration, and interactive questions, provides information on how to screen, test, and treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). TB and HIV experts from the Western Region wrote and presented the case-based lessons in this course.
New Treatment Regimen for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
The Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch (CEBSB) in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) at CDC developed a video podcast on the 12-dose treatment regimen for latent tuberculosis infection. The video podcast features Dr. Kenneth Castro and is available in English and Spanish. Additional 12-dose regimen communication products are available on the CDC TB Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/tb/).
Nuevo Esquema de Tratamiento para las Personas con Infección de Tuberculosis Latente[New Treatment Regimen for Latent Tuberculosis Infection]
The Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch (CEBSB) in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) at CDC developed a video podcast on the 12-dose treatment regimen for latent tuberculosis infection. The video podcast features Dr. Kenneth Castro and is available in English and Spanish. Additional 12-dose regimen communication products are available on the CDC TB Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/tb/).
World TB Day 2013: Stop TB In My Lifetime
The 2013 World TB Day campaign will allow people all over the world to make an individual call to stop TB in their lifetimes.
On this website, you will find a media centre, blog, and resources. These resources include campaign documents, posters, and t-shirt designs. The resources come in six languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
The Symptoms of TB
This animation provides a visual guide to the most common symptoms of TB and advises people to contact a doctor if they think they might have the illness.