Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment, 2nd ed
Year of Publication2024
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
High
Children aged < 5 years who are household contacts of people with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB and who are found not to have TB disease on an appropriate clinical evaluation or according to national guidelines should be given TB preventive treatment even if testing for TB infection is unavailable
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Originally Developed
Guideline
Latent tuberculosis infection: updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management
Year2018
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Guideline
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: tuberculosis preventive treatment: Module 1: prevention
Year2020
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Guideline
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 5: management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents.
Year2022
InstitutionWHO