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*New* An Official ATS Statement: Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy (PDF 1.25 MB) http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/174/8/935.pdf

Guidelines for Isolation Precautions

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_isolation.html

Tuberculosis Control Statement (PDF, 1.10MB)

TB/MMWR_TuberculosisControl.pdf

Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities:  Recommendations from CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5509a1.htm

Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5415a1.htm

The Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis slide set is now available on the CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination's website at http://www.cdc.gov/tb/pubs/slidesets/contactinv/default.htm. This slide set was developed as an accompaniment to the Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis: Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC.

Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON- TB Gold Test for Detecting Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection, United States

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5415a4.htm

Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5412a1.htm

Guidelines for  Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health Care Settings, 2005 (PDF, 1.8MB)- Replacing October 28, 1994/vol 43/no RR-13

/cfh/TB/rr5417.pdf

A new slide set, Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of M. tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, has been posted on the CDC Division of Tuberculosis website (http://www.cdc.gov/tb).

Treatment of Tuberculosis

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5211a1.htm

Guide to the Application of Genotyping to Tuberculosis Prevention and Control

http://www.cdc.gov/tb/genotyping/Chap5/5_Developing_3c_RFLP.htm

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