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Identification and Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection - A…
_____ For HCWs who have positive test results for M. tuberculosis infection and who leave employment at the health setting, are efforts made to communicate test results and recommend follow-up of latent TB infection (LTBI) treatment with the local health department or their primary physician?
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(See Table 1: Persons at High Risk for Tuberculosis Infection and Progression to Tuberculosis Disease in the section on Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection.) For persons previously skin tested, an increase in induration of 10 mm within a two-year period is classified as a conversion to positive.
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Project Title: Study of Factors Associated with Acceptance of, Adherence to, and Toxicity from Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Phase 3 – Prospective cohort study of acceptance and adherence. Project Dates: 2005-2009. Target Audience: Persons on LTBI treatment adherence. Topic: LTBI, Treatment. Method: Structured interview
[DOC File]FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONNAIRE - Centers for Disease Control …
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For the following persons who are at highest risk of developing active tuberculosis disease if they are infected, tuberculin skin tests are considered positive at 5mm of induration or larger: ... “Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection,” CDC, MMWR, Vol. 49, RR-6, June 9, 2000 and the CDC fact sheet ...
[DOC File]FOCUS GROUP GUIDE
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care facilities, 1994. …
[DOC File]Appendix B - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care settings, 2005. MMWR 2005;54(No. RR-17):4–5; CDC. Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. MMWR 2000;49(No. RR-6):7–9, 22. CDC. Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection.
[DOC File]Finding and Diagnosing Tuberculosis Disease and Latent ...
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CDC-web English Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease (2008) CDC-web English Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Interpreting Tuberculin Skin Test Results (2005) CDC-web English Treatment of Latent TB Infection (2007) CDC-web English Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Maximizing Adherence (2005) CDC-web English. Treatment Options for Latent ...
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Treatment Regimens for Latent Tuberculosis Infection. in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Division of Global Populations and Infectious Disease Prevention. INTRODUCTION. Before starting any treatment for latent TB infection, active tuberculosis (TB) disease must be ruled out.
[PDF File]TB-204
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Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (tubercle bacilli) that make up the . Mycobacterium tuberculosis. complex. Other mycobacteria occasionally produce disease clinically indistinguishable from tuberculosis. M. t. u. b. erculosis. causes virtually all TB in the United States. Tuberculosis exists on a continuum between latent infection and ...
[DOC File]TB-207
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The highest risk populations for latent and active TB are immigrants from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. To achieve even lower rates of tuberculosis in the U.S. will require identifying and implementing strategies that can further reduce the incidence of tuberculosis, especially among the foreign born.
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