Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Lee Reichman, MD, MPH Even though tuberculosis (TB) is both curable and preventable, it continues to be a major public health issue across the world. That’s why Dr. Lee Reichman, Founding Executive Director of the Rutgers Global Tuberculosis Institute, is here to bring us up to speed on risk-based screening strategies for latent TB. 

Tackling TB

Latent TB Screening Strategies for High-Risk Patient Populations

Although we may not see tuberculosis cases too often, that doesn’t mean this disease isn’t out there. In fact, up to 13 million people are carrying the latent infection, which can asymptomatically exist in a patient for years and can be fatal if it isn’t caught early enough. That’s why knowing which of our patients are at risk and using effective screening measures are now more critical than ever. In the hopes of eradicating this disease once and for all, Tackling TB brings together experts in the areas of public health and infectious disease to discuss current guideline recommendations, testing methodologies, and the importance of primary care physicians in conducting risk-based screening protocols. In collaboration with:

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