TB Information for Health Professionals
- For Health Professionals Home
- Reporting TB
- Screening
- Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
- Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB
- Active TB Disease
- Refugee and Immigrant TB Class Arrivals
- Training for Health Care Professionals
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Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
TB Information for Health Professionals
- Reporting TB Disease
Requirements and procedures for clinicians, hospitals, laboratories, and others to report confirmed or suspected cases of TB disease to MDH.
- TB Screening
Information on tuberculin skin tests (TST) and TB blood tests.
- Latent TB Infection (LTBI)
Testing, treatment and medication for latent TB infection.
- Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis
MDH screening and treatment recommendations for persons exposed to MDR TB and monitoring tool for patients receiving MDR LTBI treatment.
- Active TB Disease
Diagnosis and treatment information for individuals with active TB disease.
- Newcomer TB Guidance for Health Professionals (PDF)
This provider guide contains MDH TB screening recommendations for patients who are newcomers without official immigration status.
- Refugee and Immigrant TB Class Arrivals
All immigrants and refugees are required to have a medical examination before entering the United States. Those with TB-related findings that need medical follow-up after arrival in the U.S. are given a TB class designation and MDH is notified.
- TB Training for Health Care Professionals
- TB Basics
Fact sheets (including translations), posters, videos and other resources on tuberculosis (TB) prevention, control, and elimination.
- Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Comprehensive discussion of practical approaches to controlling TB in the United States.
- HIV and TB: A Fact Sheet for HIV Care Providers in Minnesota
HIV is the most powerful known risk factor for the development of active TB disease. People living with HIV are 20-30 times more likely to develop active TB than those without HIV.
Last Updated: 05/30/2024