Infants aged < 12 months living with HIV who are in contact with a person with TB and who
are unlikely to have active TB on an appropriate clinical evaluation or according to national
guidelines should receive TB preventive treatment.
Guideline Citation
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: tuberculosis preventive treatment. Geneva: World Health Organization;
2020. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
2020. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Grade Certainty of evidence
Grade Strength
Grade Certainty of evidence label
Recommendation Direction