New Evidence Available
Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2020, WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: tuberculosis preventive treatment: Module 1: prevention
View latest version (2020)Bibliographic Info
GuidelineLatent tuberculosis infection: updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management
Year of Publication2018
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Retired
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) testing by TST (Tuberculin Skin Test) or IGRA (Interferon-Gamma Release Assays) is not a requirement for initiating preventive treatment in people living with HIV or child household contacts aged < 5 years