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Alaska Tuberculosis Program Manual - Epidemiology - State of Alaska

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Figure 6: EVALUATION, TREATMENT, AND FOLLOW-UP OF CONTACTS WITH PRIOR<br />

POSITIVE TUBERCULIN SKIN TESTS 55<br />

Definition <strong>of</strong> abbreviations: HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; LTBI = latent tuberculosis infection.<br />

* Before initiation <strong>of</strong> treatment, contacts should be evaluated fully for TB disease. A full course treatment is recommended<br />

for HIV-infected contacts in this category.<br />

Source: CDC. Guidelines for the investigation <strong>of</strong> contacts <strong>of</strong> persons with infectious tuberculosis; recommendations from<br />

the National <strong>Tuberculosis</strong> Controllers Association and CDC, and guidelines for using the QuantiFERON ® -TB Gold test<br />

for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, United <strong>State</strong>s. MMWR 2005;54(No. RR-15):19.<br />

A L A S K A T U B E R C U L O S I S P R O G R A M M A N U A L Contact Investigation 11.37<br />

Revised November 2012

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