Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Adult and adolescent inpatients with HIV in medical wards where the TB prevalence is >10% should be tested systematically for TB disease with a molecular WHO-recommended rapid diagnostic test
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This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
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.
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities, 2nd ed.
WHO guidelines on the management of advanced HIV disease