New Evidence Available
Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2024, WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment, 2nd ed
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GuidelineWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: tuberculosis preventive treatment: Module 1: prevention
Year of Publication2020
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
In selected high-risk household contacts of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, preventive treatment may be considered based on individualized risk assessment and a sound clinical justification.
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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
InstitutionWHO
Guideline
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 5: management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents.
Year2022
InstitutionWHO