Journal article
Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.316(9), pp.962-969
09/06/2016
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.11046
PMID: 27599331
Abstract
Tuberculosis remains an important preventable disease in the United States. An effective strategy for reducing the transmission, morbidity, and mortality of active disease is the identification and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to prevent progression to active disease.
To issue a current US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for LTBI.
The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on screening for LTBI in asymptomatic adults seen in primary care, including evidence dating from the inception of searched databases.
The USPSTF found adequate evidence that accurate screening tests for LTBI are available, treatment of LTBI provides a moderate health benefit in preventing progression to active disease, and the harms of screening and treatment are small. The USPSTF has moderate certainty that screening for LTBI in persons at increased risk for infection provides a moderate net benefit.
The USPSTF recommends screening for LTBI in populations at increased risk. (B recommendation).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
- Creators
- Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo - University of California, San FranciscoDavid C Grossman - Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research InstituteSusan J Curry - University of IowaLinda Bauman - University of Wisconsin–MadisonKarina W Davidson - Columbia UniversityJohn W Epling Jr - SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityFrancisco A R García - Pima County Department of Health, Tucson, ArizonaJessica Herzstein - Independent SectorAlex R Kemper - Duke UniversityAlex H Krist - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAnn E Kurth - Yale UniversityC Seth Landefeld - University of Alabama at BirminghamCarol M Mangione - University of California, Los AngelesWilliam R Phillips - University of WashingtonMaureen G Phipps - Brown UniversityMichael P Pignone - The University of Texas at AustinUS Preventive Services Task Force
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.316(9), pp.962-969
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.2016.11046
- PMID
- 27599331
- NLM abbreviation
- JAMA
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/06/2016
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984367142202771
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