Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children
Clin Infect Dis.
; 64(2): e1-e33, Jan 15, 2017.
Article
in English
| BIGG - GRADE guidelines
| ID: biblio-964095
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) may develop symptoms and signs of disease (tuberculosis disease) or may have no clinical evidence of disease (latent tuberculosis infection [LTBI]). Tuberculosis disease is a leading cause of infectious disease morbidity and mortality worldwide, yet many questions related to its diagnosis remain.METHODS:
A task force supported by the American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Infectious Diseases Society of America searched, selected, and synthesized relevant evidence. The evidence was then used as the basis for recommendations about the diagnosis of tuberculosis disease and LTBI in adults and children. The recommendations were formulated, written, and graded using the Grading, Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.RESULTS:
Twenty-three evidence-based recommendations about diagnostic testing for latent tuberculosis infection, pulmonary tuberculosis, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis are provided. Six of the recommendations are strong, whereas the remaining 17 are conditional.CONCLUSIONS:
These guidelines are not intended to impose a standard of care. They provide the basis for rational decisions in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the context of the existing evidence. No guidelines can take into account all of the often compelling unique individual clinical circumstances.
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Tematic databases
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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Neglected Diseases
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SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
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SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Health problem:
Goal 9: Noncommunicable diseases and mental health
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Goal 10: Communicable diseases
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Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
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Target 3.4: Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
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Target 3.2: Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5
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Neglected Diseases
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Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis
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Other Respiratory Diseases
Database:
BIGG - GRADE guidelines
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Practice guideline
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Infect Dis.
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
American Thoracic Society/US