TB

This fact sheet explains the facts about DOT.

This fact sheet discusses the meaning of a negative TB skin test and states that persons with HIV/AIDS may be at risk for false negative results.

This report discusses two cases of latent TB infection in which patients developed severe or fatal hepatitis associated with rifampin-pyrazinamide (RIF-PZA) treatment.

This manual presents a role-play-based curriculum on how to conduct a contact investigation for persons with TB. It provides scripts and evaluation forms for each role-play session.

This report provides preliminary information about 21 cases of liver injury associated with rifampin-pyrazinamide (RIF-PZA) and the revised recommendations on selecting appropriate therapy for patients with latent TB infection and monitoring the use of RIF-PZA to treat infection.

This report describes the results of the investigation of a cluster of TB cases that occurred in Kansas from 1994 to 2000 among women with a history of working as exotic dancers and persons who were close contacts of the dancers.

This announcement gives a brief overview of World TB Day, which recognizes the collaborative efforts of all countries involved in eliminating TB.

This publication by the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) provides lessons learned from two years of capacity building for HIV treatment activists. Policy makers, activists, and donors can integrate these lessons learned into their tuberculosis (TB) and TB/HIV activities advocacy work.

This report provides recommendations from the Advisory Council for the Elimination of TB (ACET) concerning TB elimination in low-incidence areas. In 1999, ACET called for a renewed commitment to its strategic plan, originally published in 1989 with a year 2000 objective of 3.5 cases per 100,000 population. Also in 2000, the Institute of Medicine proposed a comprehensive action plan for TB elimination in the United States. In 2000, 22 states reported incidence rates of =3.5/100,000, which was the objective set by ACET in its 1989 strategic plan.

These tools are primarily for urban TB programs wishing to improve secondary prevention of TB in those groups at high risk of progression to TB disease, including the homeless, chemically dependent, and mentally ill. The materials include sample letters, forms, and job descriptions and protocols as well as templates of these tools for adaptation to local programs. The templates are Microsoft Word files so you can customize these templates for your own program. Most of the samples and resources are PDF files so you will need a version of Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to open them.