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What to do to prevent pulmonary tuberculosis reinfection?

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Dr. Douglas Arenberg answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

Avoid those with TB: By 'reinfection' I assume you were diagnosed with (and treated for) TB? If so, your risk is low, but the best preventive strategy for TB is for public health agencies to find & treat those with active infection, and screen for and treat those with 'latent' infection (exposed to and carrying TB bug, but not actively infected). If you are exposed to person w/active TB, you can rarely re-acquire it

Answered 11/7/2019

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