WHO_HTM_TB_2012_1_6

Adults and adolescents living with HIV who have an unknown or positive TST status and who are
unlikely to have active TB should receive at least 36 months of IPT. IPT should be given to such
individuals irrespective of the degree of immunosuppression, and also those on ART, those who
have previously been treated for TB and pregnant women.

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