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Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161:1376-1395, 2000

This guideline is intended to provide a framework and understanding of the diagnostic approaches to TB infection/disease and to present a classification scheme that facilitates management of all persons who have had diagnostic tests.

Author:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Thoracic Society, American Thoracic Society, US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ATS

Topic:

Case Management, Children, Diagnosis, Diagnosis- Laboratory Procedures, TB Skin Test, TB Treatment, Treatment - Latent TB infection (Inactive TB), Treatment Guidelines Materials, Treatment- TB Disease

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States

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