Latent TB infection testing + treatment : summary of U.S. recommendations

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• Alternative Title:
  Latent TB infection testing and treatment : summary of U.S. recommendations ; Latent TB infection testing & treatment : summary of U.S. recommendations
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of Tuberculosis Elimination.
• Description:
  Eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in the United States requires expanding testing and treatment of latent TB infection.
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommend testing people that are at increased risk
  
  for TB infection. Clinicians, health care agencies, and community organizations, especially those serving populations at risk, have a critical role in TB elimination.
  
  CDC-USPSTF-LTBI-Testing-Treatment-Recommendations-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Antitubercular Agents/administration & Dosage Latent Tuberculosis/drug Therapy
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  4 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:00fa3e4226276a1ea07f6d92fe628f720fa2dc2d024b6bc1863af05d80b90ad9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104205/cdc_104205_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 490.16 KB ]