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Latent Tuberculosis
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Latent tuberculosis” is the term used for people who test positive for tuberculosis (most commonly with a positive tuberculin skin test), but do not have any evidence of active infection. Currently one in three people worldwide are felt to ...
Skin testing — The TB skin test (also called the purified protein derivative or PPD) is the most commonly used test for diagnosing TB. In a person who is newly infected, the skin test usually becomes positive within four to 10 weeks after ...
yes. secondary tuberculosis which is more common in adult is actually the reactivation of the bacterial ( M. Tuberculosis ) which remain dormant in the lung after the first infection that can go back years ago.
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Complications of Latent tuberculosis: see complications of Latent tuberculosis
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Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) means the person has the TB germ in their body (usually lungs), but has yet to develop obvious symptoms. In latent TB, the person has a significant reaction to the Mantoux skin test with no symptoms of t...
http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/tub...
In this issue of the Journal (pp. –742), Richeldi summarizes a rapidly progressing area of research: the use of the IFN- –based blood tests, T-SPOT.TB and QuantiFERON-TB Gold, to diagnose latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) ( ). Both tests...
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/174/7/73...
I can understand your hesitation. Not sure if you can get a second opinion, but it looks like it might be a good idea. The Mantoux test is not totally reliable in diagnosing TB, including post-BCG, so if your chest x-ray came up clear, you ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080825143...
You are correct. Latent TB (and 90% of people who have TB are latent) - cannot be transmitted. TB is transmitted through the air through tiny aerosol droplets, just like the flu.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090713131...
Many people who have latent tuberculosis never develop active TB. However, some people who have latent TB infection are more likely to develop active TB than others. These people are at high risk for active tuberculosis . They include:
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The tuberculin skin test (TST) is the most commonly used tool to detect infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We sought to determine whether tuberculin skin testing is useful to detect latent infection by M. tuberculosis in a populatio...
http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/17008360
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