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- Introduction
- Learning Objectives
- Recognizing Persons And Groups At High Risk For Tuberculosis
- Identifying People to be Further Evaluated for Tuberculosis
- Evaluating Patients Presenting with Symptoms Suggestive of TB
- Medical History and Physical Exam
- Screening and Diagnostic Tests
- Collecting Sputum for Smear Examination
- Point of Care Testing
- Other Sputum Collection Methods
- Case Detection of Tuberculosis and HIV
- People with Suspected Drug-Resistant TB
- Pediatric Diagnosis
- Case Reporting
- Contact Investigation
- Target Groups for Isoniazid Preventive Therapy
- Summary Module 2
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
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Target Groups for Isoniazid Preventive Therapy
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Children under 5 years of ageIt is important to screen children who are household contacts of adults with sputum smear-positive PTB. Screening identifies those children less than 5 years of age without symptoms who have been infected. These children should receive 6-9 months of IPT. Children under 5 years of age with symptoms need to be medically evaluated for TB. If the evaluation reveals TB disease, the child should receive anti-TB treatment. If the evaluation does not indicate TB disease, but the child is infected, the child should receive IPT. |
