A prudent approach to screening for and treating tuberculosis
Screen children and adolescents for risk factors for latent TB infection and active disease, perform a tuberculin skin test if—and only if—a risk factor is present, and treat patients with a positive finding according to strategies discussed here.
Publish date: November 1, 2005
Marina Reznik, MD, MS , Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD
Marina Reznik, MD, MS , Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD
Screen children and adolescents for risk factors for latent TB infection and active disease, perform a tuberculin skin test if—and only if— a risk factor is present, and treat patients with a positive finding according to strategies discussed here.