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Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... • LTBI is diagnosed ... and treating LTBI ... patients with LTBI ... used to exclude pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI ... LTBI (-) Immune ... Tuberculin skin test ... Active TB: • ... HIV-infected patients should
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI ... LTBI (-) Immune ... Tuberculin skin test ... Active TB: • ... HIV-infected patients should
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in HIV-AIDS
Treating LTBI (to prevent TB disease)
Indications:
LTBI (to prevent ... of active TB, and ... Active TB Disease ... and molecular diagnostic ... treatment should