Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Either a tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) can be used to test for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Latent tuberculosis infection: updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: tuberculosis preventive treatment: Module 1: prevention
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis: tests for TB infection
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities.
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment, 2nd ed
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities, 2nd ed.