Bibliographic Info
GuidelineLatent tuberculosis infection: updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management
Year of Publication2018
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
Infants and children living with HIV who have poor weight gain, fever or current cough or who have a history of contact with a case of TB should be evaluated for TB and other diseases that cause such symptoms. If the evaluation shows no TB, these children should be offered preventive treatment, regardless of their age