Diagnosis

This fact sheet provides guidance to health-care providers for use of IGRAs in the diagnosis of M. tuberculosis infection in adults and children.

This manual gives guidance for the x-ray reading in TB Suspects and provides a useful tool for better diagnosing of smear-negative TB in adult TB suspects.

This guide aims to improve case detection, management, and outcomes of children with TB.

This Medscape CDC Expert Video Commentary features Rear Admiral Kenneth Castro, MD discussing the new IGRA guidelines.

This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.

This pamphlet provides detailed guidelines for patients about how and when to collect a sputum sample.

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).

This animation provides a visual guide to the most common symptoms of TB and advises people to contact a doctor if they think they might have the illness.

This fact sheet introduces the TB blood test, also called an Interferon Gamma Release Assay or IGRA.

This fact sheet introduces the TB blood test, also called an Interferon Gamma Release Assay or IGRA.