TUBERCULOSIS | Information

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people who have an increased risk of tuberculosis be screened for latent TB infection.

People with increased risk: People with HIV/AIDS, IV drug users, those in contact with infected individuals, and health care workers who treat people with a high risk of TB.

Signs and symptoms of active TB

Coughing that lasts three or more weeks; coughing up blood; chest pain, or pain with breathing or coughing; unintentional weight loss; fatigue; fever; night sweats; chills; loss of appetite.

Rates of TB per 100,000 persons for racial and ethnic groups

American Indians or Alaska Natives, 6.1; Asians, 18.2; African Americans: 5.0; native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, 18.2; Hispanics or Latinos, 4.8; whites, 0.6.

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.