If your skin test is positive or if you may have a false negative, a doctor may administer a blood TB test. The results of these tests can determine if you should receive treatment and with what ...

What happens during a tuberculosis skin test and what do the results mean? ... False positive: There is the chance for results to show a false positive.

BETHESDA, Md. -- Clusters of positive tests for latent tuberculosis infection in the U.S. Army appear to reflect a high number of false-positive readings from a more than century-old skin test, resear ...

People who received a bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against TB may have a false-positive reaction to the PPD test. Some countries outside the United States that have a high prevalence of ...

The likelihood of a person having a positive skin test for tuberculosis after BCG vaccine depends on their age at the time of vaccination. Your daughter, who received it in her first year of life ...

The accuracy of the bovine TB skin test has been questioned after a cow that tested negative for five years was found to be riddled with the disease. The cow was part of the Gelli Aur College Farm ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a tuberculosis (TB) skin test for my new job in May, and it was negative. They did a blood test in July. I have a question about a positive T-SPOT blood test for TB. They did ...

Without treatment, 1 in 10 people with inactive TB will get sick with active TB disease. TB disease can spread to others and be deadly. In 2022 , there were 8,331 cases of TB disease reported in ...