Module 5: Children and adolescents
Module 5: Children and adolescents
Table of Content (Online Version) :
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Definitions
- Executive summary
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1. Introduction
- 1.1. Background
- 1.2. Rationale for the development of the 2022 consolidated guidelines
- 1.3. Objectives of the 2022 consolidated guidelines
- 1.4. Target audience
- 1.5. WHO recommendations relevant to the management of TB in children and adolescents
- 1.6. Scope of the guideline update
- 1.7. Publication, dissemination, evaluation and expiry
- 1.8. Document structure
- 2. TB screening and contact investigation
- 3. Prevention of TB
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4. Diagnostic approaches for TB in children and adolescents
- 4.1. The use of the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay in gastric aspirate and stool specimens for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB and rifampicin resistance
- 4.2. Treatment decision algorithms for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in children aged below 10 years of age
- 4.3. Consolidated recommendations on TB diagnostics and diagnostic approaches relevant to children and adolescents
- 5. Treatment of TB disease in children and adolescents
- 6. Models of TB care for case detection and provision of TPT in children and adolescents
- 7. Special situations
- 8. Research priorities
- 9. References
- Annex 1. WHO recommendations incorporated in the guidelines on the management of TB in children and adolescents
- Annex 2. Supplementary table
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