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What Does a Positive Tuberculin Skin Test or QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test Mean?

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What Does a Positive Tuberculin Skin Test or QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test Mean?

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A positive tuberculin skin test or QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test only tells that a person has been infected with TB germs. It does not tell whether or not the person has progressed to TB disease. Other tests, such as a chest x-ray and a sample of sputum, are needed to see whether the person has TB disease.