section_path: Management/Latent TB
section_name: Latent TB
paragraph_text: Latent TB
  
  Latent TB is treated with either isoniazid or rifampin alone, or a combination of isoniazid with either rifampicin or rifapentine.
  
  The treatment takes three to nine months depending on the medications used. People with latent infections are treated to prevent them from progressing to active TB disease later in life.
  
  Education or counselling may improve the latent tuberculosis treatment completion rates.