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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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GuidelineGuidelines on the management of latent tuberculosis infection
Year of Publication2014
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended against
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Systematic testing for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is not recommended in people with diabetes, people with harmful alcohol use, tobacco smokers, and underweight people unless they are already included in the above recommendations
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guideline
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 5: management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents.
Year2022
InstitutionWHO