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Tested positive for latent tuberculosis

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QuestionL · 20/02/2020 20:56

I was tested for TB because I’m on immune suppressant medication and they saw I had not been tested before I started, so they wanted it for info, I guess. I was positive, so they checked again and still positive. My chest x-ray was good, so no active TB. I found out today I have latent TB via phone call from clinical specialist nurse but she said it doesn’t matter much anyway as I’m not unwell. I’m on 25mg methotrexate once weekly for psoriatic arthritis. I left a message for my doctor but in the mean time, I googled, of course. Blush not sure if methotrexate counts as being immune suppressed enough to need latent TB treatment.

Interested to hear in other people’s experiences, thanks.

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QuestionL · 21/02/2020 18:46

Hopeful bump just in case anyone else has been through similar. :)

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TonOfLead · 21/02/2020 21:32

Nothing helpful, but I'm now wondering whether I should have been tested before starting immunosuppressant meds many years ago.

Were you vaccinated against TB as a child?

DreamingofSunshine · 21/02/2020 21:43

I'm on mtx and wasn't tested either @TonOfLead. No advice @QuestionL but stay away from Google, and call your doctor again on Monday.

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