Guide for Primary Health Care Providers: Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection 2005

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List of Abbreviations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

AFB
acid-fast bacilli

AIDS
acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ALT
alanine aminotransferase

APHL
American Public Health Laboratories

AST
aspartate aminotransferase

ATS
American Thoracic Society

BCG
bacille Calmette-Guérin

CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

DHP
delayed-type hypersensitivity

DOT
directly observed therapy

EMB
ethambutol

FDA
Food and Drug Administration

HAART
highly active antiretroviral therapies

HIV
human immunodeficiency virus

IFN-γ
interferon-gamma

INH
isoniazid

LTBI
latent TB infection

MDR TB
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

MDR LTBI
multidrug-resistant latent TB infection

MMWR
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

NNRTIs
nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

PI
protease inhibitors

PPD
purified protein derivative

PZA
pyrazinamide

QFT
QuantiFERON^®-TB test and QuantiFERON^®-TB Gold test

RIF
rifampin

TB
tuberculosis

TNF-α
tumor necrosis factor-alpha

TST
tuberculin skin test

USPHS
U.S. Public Health Service

WHO
World Health Organization

Last Reviewed: 05/18/2008
Content Source: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

 
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