Bibliographic Info
GuidelineRecommendations for investigating contacts of persons with infectious tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries
Year of Publication2012
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Updated
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
It is recommended that all household and close contacts of people with TB who have symptoms compatible with active TB should receive counselling and testing for HIV as part of their clinical evaluation.