TB

This information sheet discusses the bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine for TB disease, which is used in many countries to prevent childhood tuberculous meningitis and miliary disease. It explains why the BCG is not generally recommended for use in the United States; suggests that the BCG should be considered under specific circumstances; and provides recommendations for when the BCG should be used with children and health care workers and contraindications when it should not be used, such as for immunosuppressed persons and pregnant women.

This video illustrates the interactions between TB and HIV, including their impact on the immune system, TB testing, and TB treatment.

Using a question-and-answer format, this pamphlet provides general information about TB, including transmission, symptoms, and the difference between TB infection and disease. The pamphlet explains both a blood and skin test, the procedures that are followed if the test result is negative or positive, and treatment for both TB infection and TB disease.

The "What is TB?" video provides general information about TB disease and TB infection. The video is available in English, Tagalog, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

4 waiting room posters to encourage patients to speak with their doctor about latent TB. The posters are available in English and Chinese.

The video describes ways to effectively manage active TB by providing information on TB testing, diagnosis, and treatment.

The Stop TB poster can be used by TB programs and other healthcare settings to help educate people with TB, as well as people at risk for TB. The poster describes how TB is spread, explains the difference between latent TB infection and TB disease, includes symptoms of active TB disease, and highlights the importance of completing TB treatment to help stop TB.

This guide details safety, efficacy, and access information on rifapentine. The guide also provides activists with the evidence and content needed to advocate for rifapentine to be available, accessible, and affordable to those who may need it.

This fact sheet presents basic facts about TB. It explains the difference between latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease, TB transmission, symptoms of TB disease, skin testing procedures, the TB blood test, the chest X-ray, and the sputum test. The information sheet also discusses the medical treatments available for TB, including preventive treatment for persons with LTBI. It emphasizes the importance of finishing all TB medicine and taking the drugs exactly as prescribed to prevent the TB germs from reappearing and becoming resistant to the drugs.