Latent tb and active tb
[DOC File]Finding and Diagnosing Tuberculosis Disease and Latent ...
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Jun 24, 2020 · Incidence is the number of people who are diagnosed with active TB disease in a geographic area during a given year. Do not include patients with latent TB infection (LTBI) or suspected active TB disease that was ruled out. National case rate for 2019: 2.7 per 100,000 population. Minnesota case rate for 2019: 2.6 per 100,000 population.
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Mar 07, 2019 · Because testing of persons at low risk of latent TB infection should not be done, persons who test positive for latent TB infection should generally be treated once active TB disease has been ruled out with a symptom screen, chest radiograph and, if indicated, sputum smears, cultures, and nucleic acid amplification testing.
[DOCX File]Massachusetts Tuberculosis Risk Assessment User Guide
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The first step is to identify persons with latent TB infection or active TB disease by ensuring that they get a TB skin test and any other needed tests. The second step is to help the people with latent TB infection and those with active TB disease get proper treatment. Rapid progression from latent TB infection to active TB disease can easily ...
[DOCX File]English - Department of Public Health
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Tuberculosis (TB) is spread from person to person through the air. TB usually affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidney, lymph nodes, or the spine. TB bacteria are spread through the air when a person with active TB …
How Tuberculosis (TB) Is Treated
Active TB is an infectious disease that occurs when these latent TB organisms defeat the immune containment process and begin to multiply in a person. TB can affect any part of the body, but usually affects the lungs (where it is called pulmonary TB).
[DOCX File]Facility Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment Worksheet for ...
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Individuals with an increased risk for acquiring latent TB infection (LTBI) or for progression to active disease once infected should have a TST. Screening for persons with a history of LTBI should be individualized. Assess Risk for Acquiring LTBI. The Patient: ___ is a current high risk contact of a person known or suspected to have. TB disease.
[DOC File]Tuberculosis
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Screening tests should be done based on risk factors for exposure and risk of progression from latent to active TB. Screening tests differ by age group, with tuberculin skin test (TST or PPD) preferred under age 5 years and quantiferon gold preferred for ages 5 and above.
[DOCX File]Pediatric Latent TB Diagnosis and Treatment
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Evaluate high-risk patients for LTBI as specified in the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection section. Offer treatment of LTBI to infected persons, irrespective of age, who are considered to be at high risk for developing active TB. See the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection section.
[DOC File]TB4 TB Risk Assessment Form - Ky CHFS
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Identify procedures for accessing TB laboratory services from the public health lab, including supplies needed for specimen collection and recommended shipping procedures. Report suspected cases of active TB to the Regional and Central Offices and to the local/state health departments. Monitor case management of active TB cases (see . Section 7 ...
[DOC File]Sample TB Article for Use With a High-Risk Population
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You may develop active TB disease if you do not take medicine for your latent TB infection. Many TB germs are killed after you start taking your medicine, but some stay alive in your body for a long time. As long as you still have TB germs in your body, they can “wake up,” multiply, and make you sick.
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