Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
Among adults and adolescents living with HIV, C-reactive protein with a cut-off of > 5 mg/L may be used to screen for TB disease
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.
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities, 2nd ed.
WHO guidelines on the management of advanced HIV disease