2024年6月14日 · Tell your health care provider if you have received the TB vaccine, especially if you are getting tested for TB infection. The vaccine can cause a false positive TB skin test reaction. TB blood tests are the preferred tests for people who have received the BCG TB vaccine. Unlike the TB skin test, TB blood tests are not affected by BCG TB ...

2025年1月31日 · The vaccine’s potential to cause a false-positive TB skin test reaction. Many people born outside the United States have been vaccinated with BCG. It is given to infants and small children in countries where TB is common. It protects children from getting severe forms of active TB disease, such as TB meningitis and miliary TB disease.

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. CS227840_B. TB Elimination. BCG Vaccine. Introduction. BCG, or bacille Calmette-Guérin, is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease. Many foreign-born . persons have been BCG-vaccinated. BCG is used in many countries with a high ...

The tuberculosis (TB) blood test and the TB skin test are the two types of tests for TB infection. Treatment Both inactive tuberculosis (TB) and active TB disease can be treated.

2024年6月17日 · A negative test result for TB infection means inactive TB or active TB disease is unlikely, but your health care provider may do more tests, especially if: You have symptoms of active TB disease, like coughing, chest pain, fever, weight loss, or tiredness. You have HIV. You were recently exposed to TB germs.

2025年1月31日 · Your health care provider may perform a two-step TB skin test if you are going to be screened for TB periodically (for example, if you are a health care worker). Some people with inactive TB, also called latent TB infection, have a negative reaction to the TB skin test when tested years after being infected. However, if they are tested again ...

2024年10月30日 · Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium (or germ) called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB usually affects the lungs. TB can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. TB can also affect multiple parts of the body at the same time. For example, TB can affect both the lungs and lymph nodes.

If the TB skin test is used for baseline testing of U.S. health care personnel, use two-step testing. Two-step testing. If the first TB skin test result is negative, a second TB skin test should be done 1 to 3 weeks later. If the second TB skin test result is positive, it is probably a boosted reaction.

2024年8月1日 · See a list of current and old abbreviations used for vaccines on U.S. records.

against TB. You can still get TB infection or TB disease even if you were vaccinated with BCG. You will need a TB test to see if you have latent TB infection or TB disease. TUBERCULOSIS: GET. THE . FACTS! CS260871A. In some people, BCG may cause a positive skin test even if they are not infected with the TB germs. Unlike the TB skin test, TB ...