Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Among adults and adolescents living with HIV, systematic screening for TB disease should be conducted using the WHO-recommended four-symptom screen, and those who report any one of the symptoms of current cough, fever, weight loss or night sweats may have TB and should be evaluated for TB and other diseases
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 2: screening: systematic screening for tuberculosis disease
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 5: management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents.
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities, 2nd ed.
WHO guidelines on the management of advanced HIV disease