Bibliographic Info
GuidelineGuidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children
Year of Publication2014
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
In settings of low HIV prevalence, all household members and close contacts of people with TB who have symptoms compatible with TB disease may be offered counselling and testing for HIV as part of their clinical evaluation
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