Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2020, WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: tuberculosis preventive treatment: Module 1: prevention
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Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
All children living with HIV, after successful completion of treatment for TB, should receive isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) for an additional 6 months
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guidelines for intensified tuberculosis case-finding and isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings
Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach
Latent tuberculosis infection: updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management