title: Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis.
abstract: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has developed the clinical practice guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for tuberculosis. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH clinical practice guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis, for the information of SMJ readers. The chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website: http://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/healthprofessionalsportal/doctors/guidelines/cpg_medical.html. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
authors.forename: Yee Tang Sonny
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Cynthia Bin Eng
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: Li Yang
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Raghuram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jagadesan
authors.forename: Gregory Jon Leng
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kaw
authors.forename: Po Marn
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Yii Jen
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lew
authors.forename: Choon Seng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Ting Ting Jayne
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Kuo Fan Mark
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Peng Lim
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: Li-Hwei
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sng
authors.forename: Koh Cheng
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Thoon
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006076:Government; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control