Instructions for Collecting Sputum for a TB Test
This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.
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Cómo Recolectar una Muestra de Esputo[Instructions for Collecting Sputum for TB]
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This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.
Home Sputum Collection
This video provides a step-by-step guide for patients on how to collect sputum at home. The video is available in 18 languages (Burmese, English, French, Hmong, Karen, Karenni, Khmer, Kunama, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Urdu, and Vietnamese).
TB Prevention in the HIV-infected Patient: Screening, Testing, and Treatment of Latent TB Infection
This online course, which includes slides, audio narration, and interactive questions, provides information on how to screen, test, and treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). TB and HIV experts from the Western Region wrote and presented...
New Treatment Regimen for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
The Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch (CEBSB) in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) at CDC developed a video podcast on the 12-dose treatment regimen for latent tuberculosis infection. The video podcast features Dr. Kenneth Castro and is available in English and...
Nuevo Esquema de Tratamiento para las Personas con Infección de Tuberculosis Latente[New Treatment Regimen for Latent Tuberculosis Infection]
The Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch (CEBSB) in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) at CDC developed a video podcast on the 12-dose treatment regimen for latent tuberculosis infection. The video podcast features Dr. Kenneth Castro and is available in English and...
World TB Day 2013: Stop TB In My Lifetime
The 2013 World TB Day campaign will allow people all over the world to make an individual call to stop TB in their lifetimes.
On this website, you will find a media centre, blog, and resources. These resources include campaign documents, posters, and t-shirt designs. The resources come in six...
The Costly Burden of Drug-Resistant TB in the US
This information sheet presents a chart of the expense involved in the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB. It depicts the financial toll of MDR and XDR TB; the human cost of those being treated including death, inability to work, hospitalization, and...
El Papel de los CDC en la Prevencion de la Tuberculosis Extremadamente Resistente (XDR TB) [CDC's Role in Preventing Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)]
This information sheet discusses how CDC is working to prevent extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR TB). It explains that CDC is collaborating with other federal agencies and international partners to raise awareness and enhance strategies for TB prevention by strengthening TB services for people with...
La Tuberculosis en los Hispanos o Latinos [Tuberculosis in Hispanics/Latinos]
This information sheet discusses TB in Hispanics/Latinos. It explains TB disease the incidence of TB disease in Hispanics/Latinos for 2011 including the reported TB cases by origin and race/ethnicity in the United States 2011. The information sheet explains challenges faced in preventing TB...