If you are identified as a contact at risk from TB, then you will be routinely invited for screening. Screening will consist of a skin test to determine if your immune system recognises TB.
There are two kinds of tests for TB to determine if you have it or not: a blood test and a skin test. When being tested, it is important to let your doctor know if you have received the TB vaccine ...
Infection: Urine tuberculosis (TB) PCR and TB skin test negative, Ag test for Plasmodium falciparum, RPR, HIV-1,2, anti-HCV all negative. Neoplastic: CT chest/abdomen normal. Neurologic testing ...