Clinical Overview of Tuberculosis Disease – Centers for Disease Control …

All persons with clinically active or presumed TB disease should be reported promptly to the local or state health department. For public health, a case of TB disease is defined as an episode of TB disease in a person meeting the laboratory or clinical criteria for TB as defined by the Tuberculosis Case Definition for Public Health Surveillance.

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