Bibliographic information

GuidelineGuidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children
Year of Publication2014
Issuing InstitutionWHO

Recommendation

New

Children <5 years of age who are household or close contacts of people with TB and who, after an appropriate clinical evaluation, are found not to have active TB should be given 6 months of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) (10 mg/kg per day, range 7–15 mg/kg, maximum dose 300 mg/day)

Recommended in favor

Strong