Pulmonary tuberculosis

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International guidelines

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Updates on the treatment of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis: an official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA clinical practice guideline[80]

Publicada por:American Thoracic Society, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, European Respiratory Society, and Infectious Diseases Society of America

Última publicação:2025

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities[68]

Publicada por:World Health Organization

Última publicação:2024

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis: rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection, 3rd ed[32]

Publicada por:World Health Organization

Última publicação:2024

Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in adults and adolescents with HIV: mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease[64]National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV Medicine Association, and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Panel on Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in adults and adolescents with HIV: mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease. 2024 [internet publication].

Publicada por:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Institutes of Health; HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Última publicação:2024

Guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in adults and adolescents with HIV: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease[64]National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV Medicine Association, and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Panel on Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in adults and adolescents with HIV: mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease. 2024 [internet publication].

Publicada por:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Institutes of Health; HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Última publicação:2024

Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in children with and exposed to HIV: Mycobacterium tuberculosis[65]National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV Medicine Association, and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Panel on Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Children with and Exposed to HIV. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in children with and exposed to HIV: mycobacterium tuberculosis. 2023 [internet publication].

Publicada por:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; HHS Panel on Opportunistic Infections in Children with and Exposed to HIV

Última publicação:2023

Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in children with and exposed to HIV: mycobacterium tuberculosis[65]National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV Medicine Association, and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Panel on Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Children with and Exposed to HIV. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in children with and exposed to HIV: mycobacterium tuberculosis. 2023 [internet publication].

Publicado por:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; HHS Panel on Opportunistic Infections in Children with and Exposed to HIV

Publicado por última vez:2023

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Pulmonary tuberculosis

International guidelines

Updates on the treatment of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis: an official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA clinical practice guideline[80]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities[68]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis: rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection, 3rd ed[32]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 4: treatment: drug-susceptible tuberculosis[85]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 4: treatment: tuberculosis care and support[88]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 4: treatment: drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update[97]

Canadian tuberculosis standards, 8th edition[108]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis: tests for tuberculosis infection[48]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 5: management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents[38]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 2: screening: systematic screening for tuberculosis disease[69]

Testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in the United States: clinical recommendations[66]

Tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents: testing and treatment[44]

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment[70]

Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis. An official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA clinical practice guideline[78]

Cough due to TB and other chronic infections[67]

Treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis[9]

Diagnosis of tuberculosis in adults and children[12]

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Pulmonary tuberculosis

International guidelines

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities[68]World Health Organization. WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities. Apr 2024 [internet publication]. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240087002

Canadian tuberculosis standards, 8th edition[108]Canadian Thoracic Society. Canadian tuberculosis standards, 8th edition. Mar 2022 [internet publication]. https://cts-sct.ca/guideline-library

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WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities[68]

Canadian tuberculosis standards, 8th edition[108]