Tuberculosis Educational Resources And Tools

Online Resources:

• Local/Regional:
  • Heartland National Tuberculosis Center 
   
• National:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
  • American Thoracic Society 
  • International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT) 
  • USAID 
   
• International:
  • World Health Organization 
  • International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) 
  • Stop TB Partnership 
   

Slide Sets:

• Core Curriculum
  • Mycobacterial Infections Overview 
  • Introduction to Childhood Tuberculosis 
  • Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis - What the Clinician Should Know: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Overview 
   
• Epidemiology
  • Overview 
  • Local: Tuberculosis in Texas, 2010 
  • National: Tuberculosis in the United States, 2010 
  • International: Global Tuberculosis Control, 2011 
   
• Clinical Manifestations
  • Intrathoracic Tuberculosis 
  • Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System 
   
• Diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis Screening 
  • Pediatric Tuberculosis Diagnosis 
  • Interferon Gamma Release Assays 
  • Testing for TB Infection and Disease: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
  • Diagnosis of TB Disease: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
   
• Treatment
  • United States Recommendations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003 
  • Overview of Treatment: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
   
• Prevention
  • Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011 
  • Pediatric Latent Tuberculosis Infection Therapy 
  • Infection Control: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention