Bibliographic information
GuidelineSystematic screening for active tuberculosis: principles and recommendations
Year of Publication2013
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Maintained
Originally developed
Systematic screening for active TB should be considered in people with an untreated fibrotic chest X-ray lesion.
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guideline
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 2: screening: systematic screening for tuberculosis disease
Year2021
Institution