Guidance for National Tuberculosis Programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children. Chapter 4: Childhood contact screening and management

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-15

  Maher, Dermot ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child; Contact; Management; Screening; TB

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ISONIAZID;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMEAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33846189727     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Rieder H L. Interventions for tuberculosis control and elimination. Paris, France: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2002.
2. World Health Organization. Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis. WHO/HTM/TB/2006. 361. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2006.
3. World Health Organization. Breastfeeding and maternal tuberculosis. Division of Child Health and Development Update. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 1998. http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/New_Publications/NUTRITION/ Breastfeeding_Tub.pdf Accessed September 2006.