Tuberculosis in the African-American Community
From CDC's Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
TB Disparity in African Americans—Overview and Resources
From the Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center
TB in Children in the United States
From CDC's Division of...
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually affect the lungs but can also attack other organs in the body, such as the kidneys, spine, and brain. The most common symptoms of TB are persistent cough with blood or sputum, fever...
Three basic strategies are critical to the prevention and control of TB:
This information sheet discusses multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB), a strain of TB that is resistant to at least two of the best anti-TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin. It describes TB disease, MDR TB, extensively drug resistant TB (XDR TB), TB transmission, how drug resistance happens, and who is at...
CDC estimates that up to 13 million people in the United States are living with latent TB infection. Preventing the spread of tuberculosis (TB) requires planning and strategy. The National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is a platform created to connect health professionals with trusted...
Using a question and answer format, this fact sheet provides general information on TB prevention. It discusses TB transmission, infection, disease, diagnosis through a skin test or a special TB blood test, and treatment. It explains that TB is spread by germs that are in the air after someone with...
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...
This training course uses a variety of methods of instruction to help health workers develop specific skills necessary to diagnose persons with TB and manage treatment for their patients. The training course consists of 10 modules titled: 'A: Introduction', 'B: Detect Cases of TB', 'C: Treat TB...
This information sheet discusses multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB), a strain of TB that is resistant to at least two of the best anti-TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin. It describes TB disease, MDR TB, extensively drug resistant TB (XDR TB), TB transmission, how drug resistance happens, and who is at...
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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...