How Do I Navigate Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis?
Carpenter SM, Bold TD
NEJM evidence · 2022-10
Abstract
How Do I Navigate Latent Tuberculosis Diagnosis?Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common infectious causes of death worldwide. Latent TB infection is a state of quiescent, clinically asymptomatic, noncontagious, chronic infection with the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Diagnosing latent TB infection is often difficult. This Curbside Consult explores the common question: How do I navigate latent tuberculosis diagnosis?
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculosis