Policy recommendation: latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment in children in immigration detention

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  • Vicki Krause Centre for Disease Control, Department of Health, Northern Territory Government, Royal Darwin Hospital
  • National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee

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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2015.39.54

Abstract

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a subclinical infection with Mycobacteria tuberculosis complex without any clinical, bacteriological or radiological evidence of manifest TB disease. LTBI results from contact with an infectious case of TB. In Australia, screening for TB infection is targeted at those at high risk of recent infection.

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01/12/15

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Krause, Vicki, and National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee. 2015. “Policy Recommendation: Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening and Treatment in Children in Immigration Detention”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 39 (December):597-98. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2015.39.54.

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Vol. 39 (2015)

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Policy and guidelines

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