Xpert MTB/RIF for People Living with HIV
This fact sheet provides a summary of WHO recommendations on using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for people living with HIV.
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Le Petit Livre de la Tuberculose
This pamphlet for persons diagnosed with TB or multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) contains practical advice, suggestions, guidance, and information to help the patient cope with the illness. The tips are based on personal experience of other TB patients and common sense. Tips cover an explanation of the disease its symptoms, treatment including Direct Observed Therapy (DOTS), taking medication and medication for children, side effects, managing time in isolation, communication with others while in isolation, regaining control of one’s life, eating healthy, and after completing treatment.
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TB in those with HIV in Bengali (India)
This video illustrates the interactions between TB and HIV, including their impact on the immune system, TB testing, and TB treatment.
Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2006
This report presents summary data for TB cases reported to the CDC Division of TB Elimination (DTBE), verified, and counted in 2006. These reports of TB cases were submitted by 60 reporting areas (50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, and seven other jurisdictions in the Pacific and Caribbean).
Workplace-Based Investigation of Contacts of a Patient With Highly Infectious Tuberculosis – Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia, 2006
This report describes an investigation to determine the extent of TB transmission, including identifying and screening exposed contacts of a 46 year-old patient diagnosed with TB, and providing treatment. The report describes the multijurisdictional contact investigation, since the patient traveled to three jurisdictions in the course of his work, and summarizes the results.
Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2007
This report presents summary data for TB cases reported to the Division of TB Elimination (DTBE), verified, and counted in 2007. These reports of TB cases were submitted by 60 reporting areas (50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, and seven other jurisdictions in the Pacific and Caribbean).
El manejo de la Tuberculosis [Tuberculosis Management]
The video educates viewers on ways to effectively manage active TB. The animation includes information on preventing the spread of TB through TB testing, diagnosis, and treatment.
Tuberculosis (TB) Blood Test (IGRA)
This fact sheet introduces the TB blood test, also called an Interferon Gamma Release Assay or IGRA.
It Takes a Village: Community Providers as Vital Partners with Public Health in the Management of ICE Detainees with Suspected TB Disease
This 60-minute webinar reviews best practices for TB diagnosis and management for ICE detainees, the role of public health and community partners, and how care is coordinated for patients who are released.
Cultural Competency and Tuberculosis Control: Country Specific Guides for Health Professionals Working With Foreign-Born Clients
This pamphlet is the introduction to a series of TB-specific cultural competency guides for the birth countries most commonly reported by foreign-born persons being treated for TB in the United States.