TB

The Latent TB Infection (LTBI) Treatment Fact Sheet Series is designed to complement patient education delivered by healthcare professionals. Each sheet provides patients with a written reminder of their treatment regimen, medication side effects, actions to take if side effects do occur, tips to help remain adherent to the medication, and instructions in the event a dose of medication is missed.

This document describes the steps necessary to implement the shorter regimen and the new drugs for drug-resistant TB treatment, including diagnosis and bacterial confirmation of drug resistance, treatment regimen design, monitoring of treatment efficacy and safety, and programmatic evaluation.

This fact sheet provides an overview of treating TB disease in persons infected with HIV/AIDS.

This report presents summary data for U.S. TB cases reported to the Division of TB Elimination, CDC, during 2015.

This activity book is designed to educate children regarding basic TB concepts. Activities include a crossword puzzle, a word search, and a matching game.

This infographic provides an overview of the global TB epidemic.

The 2016 ATS/CDC/IDSA Clinical Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis webinar provides an overview of the guidelines development process, key changes in recommendations, and the evidence supporting the changes.

This expert video commentary features DTBE Director, Dr. Philip LoBue, and provides information for physicians on the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on testing for latent TB infection.

The AIDSFree Guidance Database provides national HIV testing and treatment guidance and HIV/TB co-infection treatment guidance from many different countries from around the world.

This slide set provides an overview of the epidemiology of pediatric TB in the United States from 1993-2015.