Tuberculosis Fact Sheets

• Active infectious TB disease
  • What is active, infectious TB disease?
  • What happens if I have active, infectious TB disease?
  • What happens to my friends and family if I have active, infectious TB disease?
• Active TB disease outside the lungs
• Active TB disease
  • What is active TB disease?
  • What are the symptoms of active TB disease?
  • How do I know if I have active TB disease?
• BCG
  • What is BCG?
  • BCG and TB skin tests
• Contact tracing
  • What is contact tracing?
  • Why is it so important to find your contacts?
• Diagnosing active TB disease
• Diagnosing latent TB infection
  • A positive skin test
  • A negative skin test
  • Blood test for diagnosing latent TB infection
• Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
  • What is drug-resistant tuberculosis?
  • How do I get drug-resistant TB?
  • What is multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)?
  • What is extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB)?
• Latent TB infection progressing to TB disease
  • Why does latent TB infection progress to active TB disease?
  • Who is more likely to get active TB disease?
  • What can I do to prevent active TB disease?
• Latent TB infection
  • What is latent TB infection?
  • How do I know if I have latent TB infection?
• Taking TB drugs for active TB disease
  • Why do I have to take TB drugs for so long?
  • What if I don’t take all my TB drugs?
  • Can DOT help me?
  • Can I drink alcohol while taking TB drugs?
• TB and HIV infection
  • What is the connection between TB and HIV infection?
  • What are the chances of developing active TB disease?
  • What should I do if I think I have TB and HIV?
• TB transmission
  • How is TB spread?
  • How contagious is TB?
• Treatment of active TB disease
  • Can active TB disease be cured?
  • Are TB drugs safe?
  • Can I drink alcohol when I’m taking TB drugs?
• Treatment of latent TB infection
  • What should I do if I have latent TB infection?
  • Are TB drugs safe?
  • Can I drink alcohol while taking TB drugs?
• What is TB?
• Who is at risk for TB in Canada?
  • What should I do if I’m at risk of TB?