What is tuberculosis?

What is latent tuberculosis?

  • wats the treatment duration and is it sure that person came positive with latent tuberculosis will suffer from TB in future. Also, is latent tuberculosis communicable?

  • Answer:

    Latent tuberculosis is where a patient is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but does not have active tuberculosis disease. Patients with latent tuberculosis are not infectious, and it is not possible to get TB from someone with latent tuberculosis. The treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is essential to controlling and eliminating TB by reducing the risk that TB infection will progress to disease. The gold standard of treatment is nine months of isoniazid

reeta s at Yahoo! Answers Visit the source

Was this solution helpful to you?

Other answers

no treatment if u r in india as mountaux test positive in almost all people

drJagdish Patel

Just Added Q & A:

Find solution

For every problem there is a solution! Proved by Solucija.

  • Got an issue and looking for advice?

  • Ask Solucija to search every corner of the Web for help.

  • Get workable solutions and helpful tips in a moment.

Just ask Solucija about an issue you face and immediately get a list of ready solutions, answers and tips from other Internet users. We always provide the most suitable and complete answer to your question at the top, along with a few good alternatives below.