Tuberculosis Health Care Providers

• TB Education
• TB Guidelines
• TB and HIV Coinfection Guidelines
• CDC Infographics
• CDC Factsheets
• TB Newsletter Articles

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

TB Education

• TB 101 for Health Care Workers
  
• Interactive Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know (web based)
  
• Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis
  
  • Modules 1 - 5
  • Modules 6 - 9
• TB in Specific Populations
  
• Latent TB Infection: A Guide for Primary Health Care Providers
• Centers of Excellence TB Training and Education Products
  
• Videos
  • Screening for TB Infection (TBI) – this video discusses targeted testing, high risk groups for exposure to TB, and testing methods (6.35 minutes).
  • Diagnosis of TB Infection (TBI) – this video compares TBI to TB disease, discusses testing methods including interferon gamma-release assay tests (IGRAs), special circumstances and medical evaluation (11.05 minutes).
  • Treatment of TB Infection (TBI) – This video reviews TBI treatment regimens, including the once-weekly, 12-dose regimen, recent guidelines, special circumstances, adverse effects and adherence (15.09) minutes

TB Guidelines

• Guidelines for the Treatment of LTBI (2/20)
  
• Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (11/2019)
  
• Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children and Adults (01/2017)
  
• Treatment of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis (08/2016)
  
• Recommendations for Use of an Isoniazid-Rifapentine Regimen with Direct Observation to Treat Latent TB Infection - begins on page 10 (12/2011)
  
• Updated Guidelines for Using Interferon Gamma-Release Assays to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection (06/2010)
  
• Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities (07/2006)
  
• Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis (12/2005)
  
• Treatment of Tuberculosis (06/2003)

TB and HIV Coinfection Guidelines

• Managing Drug Interactions in the Treatment of HIV-Related Tuberculosis (06/2013)
  
• Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children (03/2009)
  
• Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents (03/2009)
  

CDC Factsheets for Health Care Providers

• Tuberculin Skin Test
  
• Interferon Gamma-Release Assay (IGRA) Blood Test
  
• Diagnosing TB Disease
  
• Treatment of TB Disease
  
• Treatment of TB Disease in Patients Co-infected with HIV
  
• Infection Control in Health Care Settings 
  

TB Program Newsletter Articles

• Diabetes and Tuberculosis
  
• Flight Investigations and the Do Not Board List
  
• LTBI Once Weekly Regimen
  
• New Guidelines for the Diagnosis of TB
  
• Pediatric Tuberculosis
  
• Tips for Giving Meds to Pediatric TB Patients
  
• USPSTF Recommends LTBI Screening
  
• CDC Recommends Testing TB Patients for HIV
• Updated Recommendations for Use of an IGRA in Children
• CDC Updates Recommendations for Using Isoniazid Plus Rifapentine to Treat LTBI
• Cross-Cultural Care
• FDA Approves Pretomanid
• CDC Updates Recommendations for TB Testing of Health Care Personnel
• New Guidelines for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
• Providing TB Services During a Public Health Emergency
• COVID Threatens Decades of Progress Towards Eliminating TB
• Is a 4-Month Regimen to Treat Drug-Susceptible TB on the Horizon?