TB Information for Health Professionals

• Reporting TB Disease
  Requirements and procedures for clinicians, hospitals, laboratories, and others to report confirmed or suspected cases of TB disease to MDH.
   
• TB Screening
  Information on tuberculin skin tests (TST) and TB blood tests. 
   
• Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
  Testing, treatment and medication for latent TB infection.
   
• Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis
  MDH screening and treatment recommendations for persons exposed to MDR TB and monitoring tool for patients receiving MDR LTBI treatment.
   
• Active TB Disease
  Diagnosis and treatment information for individuals with active TB disease. 
   
• Newcomer TB Guidance for Health Professionals (PDF)
  This provider guide contains MDH TB screening recommendations for patients who are newcomers without official immigration status. 
   
• Refugee and Immigrant TB Class Arrivals
  All immigrants and refugees are required to have a medical examination before entering the United States. Those with TB-related findings that need medical follow-up after arrival in the U.S. are given a TB class designation and MDH is notified.
   
• TB Training for Health Care Professionals 
   
• TB Basics
  Fact sheets (including translations), posters, videos and other resources on tuberculosis (TB) prevention, control, and elimination. 
   
• Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
  Comprehensive discussion of practical approaches to controlling TB in the United States.
   
• HIV and TB: A Fact Sheet for HIV Care Providers in Minnesota
  HIV is the most powerful known risk factor for the development of active TB disease. People living with HIV are 20-30 times more likely to develop active TB than those without HIV.