Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment, 2nd ed
Year of Publication2024
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Among HIV-negative household contacts aged ≥ 5 years and other risk groups, the absence of any symptoms of TB and the absence of abnormal chest radiographic findings may be used to rule out TB disease before TB preventive treatment
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