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#POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TB TEST SKIN#

HIV or another disease that weakens your immune system.

You may need a TB screening test if you have a health condition that increase your risk for getting active TB disease.

Night sweats (heavy sweating during sleep).

Coughing up blood or sputum (a thick mucus from the lungs).

A cough that lasts longer than three weeks.

You may need a TB screening test if have symptoms of active TB disease, including:

Were born in or often travel to countries where TB disease is common.

Work or live in a place where TB is more common, such as jails, nursing homes, and shelters for people without homes.

#POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE TB TEST SKIN#

You may need a TB skin test or TB blood test if you were exposed to someone with active TB disease or if you have a high risk of exposure. Other names: TB test, TB skin test, purified protein derivative (PPD) test, latent TB infection test, Mantoux tuberculin skin test IGRA test, TB blood test Your health care provider or your local health department can let you know which test is best for you. There are two types of TB tests used for screening: a TB skin test and a TB blood test. If a TB screening test finds signs of TB germs, you'll need other tests to find out which type of TB you have so you can get the right treatment. But it can't show whether you have a latent TB infection or active TB disease. But without treatment, it can cause serious illness or even death.Ī TB screening test checks to see if you have TB germs in your body. TB disease can almost always be cured with antibiotics. If TB germs grow in your lungs or throat, you can spread the disease to other people. Active TB disease means that TB germs are actively growing in your body and making you sick.So, latent TB infection is usually treated to prevent you from getting sick with active TB. But the germs could start to grow (multiply) and make you sick in the future.

You don't have symptoms and you can't spread the disease to others. Latent TB infection happens when you have TB germs in your body, but you're not sick because the germs aren't active.TB spreads from person to person when a someone who is sick with TB coughs or sneezes. But it can also affect other parts of the body, including the brain, spine, and kidneys. TB is a bacterial infection that mainly attacks the lungs. A tuberculosis screening test checks to see if you have the bacteria (germs) that cause tuberculosis (TB) in your body.