Updated Recommendation
A new evidence synthesis was published:2018, Latent tuberculosis infection: updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management
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Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate
Adults and adolescents living with HIV should be screened with a clinical algorithm; those who do not report any one of the symptoms of current cough, fever, weight loss or night sweats are unlikely to have active TB and should be offered Iisoniazid preventive therapy (IPT)
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities : guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders
Guidelines for intensified tuberculosis case-finding and isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in resource-constrained settings