This 75-minute webinar discusses TB and LTBI testing and treatment for international students in the university and college setting. The webinar includes information on updates to the American College Health Association (ACHA) TB guidelines, LTBI treatment options, and a model for LTBI screening and treatment in the University setting.
The case presentation discussed in this 60-minute webinar provides insight on the complicated factors a nurse case manager navigated to treat a patient with disseminated TB. The webinar was created for TB nurses, nurse case managers, and public health nurses who manage TB patients.
This information sheet discusses TB testing using the Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST) to determine whether an individual is infected with Mycobacterium TB. It discusses how the TST is administered, how it is read, how TST reactions are interpreted the classification of the TST skin test reaction, what are false-positive and false-negative reactions, who can receive a TST and how often the test can be repeated, what is a boosted reaction, why two-step testing is conducted, and whether TSTs can be given to persons receiving vaccinations.
This video illustrates the interactions between TB and HIV, including their impact on the immune system, TB testing, and TB treatment.
The information sheet discusses targeted TB testing, the decision to focus on groups at highest risk for latent TB infection (LTBI) and advises appropriate treatment and treatment completion to prevent LTBI progressing to active disease. It explains tuberculin skin testing (TST) and the test reactions that indicate whether an individual has LTBI; lists the criteria for classifying positive TST reactions; and describes persons at risk for developing TB disease including clinical conditions that increase the risk of LTBI becoming TB disease.
The animation educates viewers on topics related to drug-resistant TB and multidrug-resistant TB, such as treatment plans, basic information on multidrug-resistant TB, and the importance of medication adherence.
This handbook focuses specifically on three technologies that are being widely used to help TB patients complete their treatment over the many months that their regimens last.
This information sheet discusses the steps taken to diagnose TB disease. It describes the symptoms of TB and explains how an individual suspected of having TB is evaluated using the following: medical history, physical examination, skin test or special TB blood test, chest radiograph, microbiological tests, and finally tests for drug resistance.
In a question and answer format, this information sheet discusses testing for tuberculosis (TB). There are two kinds of tests that are used to determine if a person has been infected with TB bacteria: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and TB blood tests.
The video describes ways to effectively manage active TB by providing information on TB testing, diagnosis, and treatment.
