Videos

• What You Don't Know About Tuberculosis Can Kill You
  Gail L. Woods, M.D. English and Spanish versions of the TB educational video, targeted for incarcerated individuals.
  Contact Mr. Ray Silva at the Texas Department of Health, TB Elimination Division, (512) 458-7447.

• Community Based TB Prevention Program
  Claire Murphy RN, BSN; John Bernardo, MD; Boston University

• If You Could Change Just One Thing, What Would It Be?
  (Educational video on treatment of latent TB) Gerard Shutangyie, MD; Meharry Medical College, Nashville & Gail Woods, MD; University of Texas, Galveston
  Winner of the 2000 Freddie Award and the Clarion award.

• TB (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
  Gail Woods, MD; Univ of Texas, Galveston

• Tuberculosis: The Illness, The Treatment, The Lifestyle (with accompanying booklet, 1997)
  Patrick Brennan, MD; Univ of Pennsylvania (video also available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Cantonese and Cambodian)
  Contact Dr. Brennan at pj.brennan@uphs.upenn.edu

• The Many Faces of TB
  Antonio Catanzaro, M.D., University of California, San Diego, California.
  This 14 minute video is teaching aid intended to provide a starting point for discussion of several key areas including epidemiology of TB, the diagnosis, control and prevention of TB. Targeted toward health care workers who may encounter patients with possible TB not yet suspected, including interns, residents, medical students, nurses and community primary care or family health physicians.
  Contact Dr. Catanzaro, (619) 543-5550

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Booklets

• Tuberculosis in Florida, The Clinicians’ Desk-top Reference, 1997-98
  Ricardo Gonzalez-Rothi, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville

• The Red Snapper, A Simple Guide for the House Officer
  Ricardo Gonzalez-Rothi, MD

• Georgia TB Reference Guide
  Blumberg HM, Bock NN, eds. July1995. Revised July 1996, July 1997, July 1998, July 1999. This booklet was developed by Henry M. Blumberg, M.D. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. It is a pocket sized booklet which contains guidelines on treatment of TB disease, treatment of latent tuberculosis infection, TB epidemiology for Georgia, infection control and public health related information is also included. Approximately 10,000 copies are distributed each year; this includes all physicians in training (ie housestaff) and medical students in the state of Georgia as well as public health professionals, infectious diseases and pulmonary physicians, infection control nurses and anyone who requests the "Guide". The "Guide" is available online and can be downloaded at: http://www.emory.edu/MED_INF/ATPC/atpc.html

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PowerPoint Slide Presentations

• Tuberculosis Education Aimed at Community Health (TEACH) Program
  Juzar Ali, M.D., Louisiana University
  [View Online] [Text-Only Version] [Download PowerPoint File]

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Related Web Sites

• Tuberculosis.net
  David Alland, M.D., Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
  URL: http://tuberculosis.net/

• Atlanta Tuberculosis Prevention Coalition
  Henry M. Blumberg, M.D., Emory, Atlanta Georgia. This site is related to the TBAA.
  URL: http://www.emory.edu/MED_INF/ATPC/atpc.html

• TB in NC: Resources for North Carolina Clinicians
  Carol Dukes Hamilton, M.D., Duke Medical Center, Durham North Carolina.
  URL: http://tbnc.mc.duke.edu/

• TB Education Home Page
  Juzar Ali, M.D., LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA.
  URL: http://www.lsumc-wetmore-tb-info.org/

• UCSD Tuberculosis Clinic
  Luke Chen, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, Class of 1998
  Advisors: Drs. A. Catanzaro, H. Hoffman, and D. Havlir.
  This site contains four real cases of tuberculosis that are intended to help medical students develop a basic understanding of selected aspects of this disease including diagnosis and therapy. The format is interactive and for the cases is similar. Each case presentation is followed by a summary of the hospital course and a list of teaching topics pertinent to the case. References are included for easy access to more details on a particular topic.
  URL: http://medschool.ucsd.edu/curricular_resources/MED/TB/main/

• TB Control Program
  Patrick J. Brennan, MD at Univ of Pennsylvania
  URL: http://www.med.upenn.edu/TBPA

• NJMS National Tuberculosis Center
  Lee B. Reichman, M.D., M.P.H., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  URL: http://www.umdnj.edu/ntbcweb/tbsplash.html

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Resources will continue to be added as they become available.

TB in culture (showing cording) Courtesy of Dr. Michael Levy, Montefiore Medical Center	TB in sputum Courtesy of Dr. Brenda Jones, University of Southern California