A diagnosis of latent TB infection is made if a person has a positive test result but a medical evaluation does not indicate TB disease. Treatment should be considered in individuals with latent TB ...

In this episode we are joined by Hema Kapoor, MD, SM, D(ABMM), Senior Medical Director of Infectious Diseases/Immunology and Global Diagnostics Network, Medical Affairs at Quest Diagnostics, to ...

Does CMS Require Annual TB Tests for Surgery Center Staff Members? Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C., addresses a question from a ...

Treating all household contacts of someone with tuberculosis (TB) helped prevent active TB disease across age groups in the real world, but the effectiveness was highest when treating individuals who ...

Federal health officials are recommending a new, more accurate blood test for tuberculosis that may someday replace the skin test used for the past 100 years. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

I am seeing an increasing number of patients who relate a past positive tuberculin skin test (TST) but were never treated with isoniazid (INH) prophylaxis. Before initiating INH treatment in an older ...

The CDC fact sheet you cited regarding BCG vaccination conflicted with the answer you provided (Item 93-6). You stated that “BCG-vaccinated patients should be skin-tested, with results interpreted ...

More than 80% of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the United States are a result of untreated latent TB infection that progresses to TB disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...