TB Patient Education

Fact Sheets, Regimens for LTBI Treatment and more...

Multi-language Resources

Fact sheets on the TB skin test, QuantiFERON test, latent TB infection, active TB disease, TB contact investigation, and instructions for collecting sputum are provided below in multiple languages. Some of these materials were adapted from the Minnesota Department of Health, TB Prevention and Control Program.

NOTE: All files are pdf format

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QuantiFERON Test Fact Sheet

Available in English, Chuukese, Marshallese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese

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Regimens for LTBI Treatment

Available in: Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Arabic, Cantonese (Traditional Chinese), Mandarin (Simplified Chinese), Korean, Chuukese, Marshallese, Tagalog

NOTE: All files are pdf format

Rifampin - daily 4 months

Isoniazid and Rifapentine - weekly 12 doses

Isoniazid and Rifampin - daily 3 months

Isoniazid- daily 9 month

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Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Fact Sheet

Available in in English, Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Farsi, Indonesian, Karen, Korean, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tibetan, Vietnamese

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Active TB Disease Fact Sheet

Available in in English, Amharic, Bosnian, Chinese-Traditional, Chuukese, Croatian, Karen, Korean, Marshallese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tibetan, Vietnamese

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Instructions for Collecting Sputum Fact Sheet

In English, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Chuukese, Croatian, Hmong, Indonesian, Karen, Korean, Laotian, Marshallese, Nepali, Oromo, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tibetan, Vietnamese

The Department of Public Health for Madison & Dane County, Wisconsin, has created short videos about sputum collection techniques in 19 different languages.