Last fall, an estimated 1,000 people, many of them high school students, came to Granite Falls to view exhibits and hear presentations on the very real threat that tuberculosis still represents, and ...

Infants born to mothers with TB. HIV-positive people. Organ transplant recipients. For children under two years, the Mantoux test (tuberculin skin test) is preferred. Older children and adults ...

Tuberculosis (TB), a potentially fatal disease ... The other method is the Mantoux test, which can be interpreted after three days. Both types of test involve a small injection into the skin ...

If you have experienced tuberculosis (TB) exposure or have symptoms, Medicare may cover a purified protein derivative (PPD) test. If you don’t have symptoms and haven’t experienced TB exposure ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a warning (Inadvertent intradermal administration of tetanus toxoid-containing vaccines instead of tuberculosis skin tests ...