A positive tuberculosis (TB) skin test can look different depending on your risk factors. Learn risk factors to consider and what a positive test may look like.

Of the 1356 patients tested 397 (30 per cent) had a positive tuberculin reaction. Three hundred and thirty-one patients with positive tuberculin tests were given x-ray examinations. Of these, ...

Kansas health officials said patients who test positive will be screened to see if they have active TB disease or latent TB infection. Doctors can then choose the best treatment for each patient ...

The vaccine can cause a false positive TB skin test reaction. TB blood tests are the preferred tests for people who have ...

On repeat testing of the 127 boys whose tuberculin reaction was negative, 21 had become positive. Another test, ten weeks later, of the remaining boys with negative reactions revealed 4 more with ...

Two TB-related conditions exist: inactive TB and active TB. Kansas health officials said patients who test positive will be screened to see if they have active TB disease or latent TB infection.

The federal agency also noted that the shot’s “variable effectiveness against adult pulmonary TB” and the “vaccine’s potential to cause a false-positive TB skin test reaction” are ...

A positive reaction on a TB blood test or a TB skin test indicates a TB infection, but it does not show whether the disease is active or inactive.

A total of 1,526 people were tested and 106 had positive TB skin tests. Of these 106 who tested positive, 12 developed active TB by the last days of June 2013. Tuberculosis is now a preventable ...