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 information
GuidelineLatent tuberculosis infection: updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management
Year of Publication2018
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Retired
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
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Moderate