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My 17yr old son was positive for tb and has been put on medicine for 12 weeks what does this mean?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Latent TB infection: If your son had a positive TB skin test or positive quantiferon result plus a normal chest xray - he has a latent TB infection. Isoniazid is given daily for 6 to 9 months. Likely your son is in the first 12 weeks out of 6 to 9 months of treatment. The medication is given to keep TB from becoming an active full blown infection. He cannot transmit TB to anyone else if he has a latent infection.
Answered 3/8/2017
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Past exposure + care: He was exposed to the Tb bacteria and will benefit from the healthcare recommendation of taking several weeks of medications to prevent the possible short and long term complications of Tb.
Answered 6/11/2017
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