Tuberculosis

[contentuser]

Treatment for TB Infection


The reason for treating a patient with asymptomatic tuberculosis infection is that there is a 5% risk for developing TB during the first year after infection and an additional 5% risk for developing TB over a lifetime. Also, treatment of asymptomatic TB infection is much simpler than treating tuberculosis

The size of induration (swelling) and the clinical setting affect the likelihood that a positive PPD skin test represents a real infection. For instance, 5...Read the full article