New guidelines: what to do about an unexpected positive tuberculin skin test.
The 2000 recommendations for tuberculosis testing from the American Thoracic Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advocate a shift in focus from screening the general population to testing only patients at increased risk of developing tuberculosis.
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Catherine
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Department of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. Ccurley@metrohealth.org
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin