Tuberculosis (TB) | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
The tuberculosis (TB) blood test and the TB skin test are the two types of tests for TB infection.
Tuberculosis: Causes and How It Spreads | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Jan 17, 2025 · Tuberculosis (TB) germs spread through the air from one person to another. TB germs can get into the air when someone with active TB disease coughs, speaks, or sings. …
About Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Jan 17, 2025 · Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB and active TB disease. Getting tested and treated …
Signs and Symptoms of Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Jan 17, 2025 · Symptoms of active tuberculosis (TB) disease depend on where the TB germs are growing in the body. Common symptoms of active TB disease include cough, pain in the …
Treating Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Apr 17, 2025 · Both inactive tuberculosis (TB) (also called latent TB infection) and active TB disease can be treated. It is important to take and finish all TB medicines exactly as your …
Clinical Overview of Tuberculosis Disease | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Apr 17, 2025 · Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). TB bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the …
Clinical Overview of Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Jan 6, 2025 · Clinical Overview of Tuberculosis Key points Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). TB disease is one of the …
Tuberculosis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 19, 2025 · Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s top infectious killer. Nearly 4500 people lose their lives and 30 000 people fall ill with TB each day. TB is contagious and airborne. It is caused by …
Tuberculosis Risk Factors | Tuberculosis (TB) | CDC
Dec 10, 2024 · Anyone can get tuberculosis (TB), but some people are at higher risk than others. You can get TB even if you received the TB vaccine (also known as bacille Calmette-Guérin or …
Tuberculosis (TB) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 14, 2025 · WHO fact sheet on tuberculosis (TB): includes key facts, definition, global impact, treatment, HIV and TB, multidrug-resistant TB and WHO response.