What happens if I have a positive TB skin test?

When your skin test is read, your evaluation will include a discussion of your risk factors and symptoms for TB infection and disease. You will be referred back to your doctor for follow up care. Since the skin test is a screening test to see if you have had TB at some time in your life, your doctor may order additional tests to determine if TB is active now or is a past infection.

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1. What is tuberculosis?
2. How is TB spread?
3. What is a TB skin test and why do I have to have one?
4. What happens if I have a positive TB skin test?