Publications of Interest

• The American College of Chest Physicians recently published "Unexpected Pulmonary Involvement in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Patients" available at: http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/134/3/589.
   

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  Division of Tuberculosis Elimination has revised the “Tuberculosis Facts” fact sheet series (http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/factsheets/default.htm).
   

• The New Jersey Medical School Global Tuberculosis Institute has released the newly revised continuing education monograph, "Diagnosis of LTBI in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition."
   

• The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention has issued a new report on health disparities, http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/healthdisparities/.
   

• Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Guidelines for Homeless Service Agencies in Seattle-King County, Washington
  http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/communicable/TB/%7e/media/health/publichealth/documents/TB/tbguidelines.ashx.
   

• CDC Investigation of Traveler with Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis:    Questions and Answers for Passengers and Flight Crew on Affected Flights http://www.cdc.gov/tb/XDRTB/travellerfactsheet.htm.
   
• Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and CDC’s Role in Preventing Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis have been posted on the CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination website.
   
• Forging Partnerships to Eliminate Tuberculosis: A Guide and Toolkit has been posted on the CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination website and is available at http://www.cdc.gov/tb/publications/guidestoolkits/forge/default.htm.
   
• WHO TB Airline Guidelines (PDF, 514 KB)
   
• International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (PDF, 2 MB)
   
• The Patients' Charter for Tuberculosis Care (PDF, 1 MB)