Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children | Zendy

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Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children

Author(s) -

David Lewinsohn,

Michael Leonard,

Philip LoBue,

David L. Cohn,

Charles L. Daley,

Ed Desmond,

Joseph Keane,

Ann M. Loeffler,

Gerald H. Mazurek,

Richard O’Brien,

Madhukar Pai,

Luca Richeldi,

Max Salfinger,

Thomas M. Shinnick,

Timothy R. Sterling,

David M. Warshauer,

Gail L. Woods

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw694

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , latent tuberculosis , disease , mycobacterium tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , context (archaeology) , tuberculosis diagnosis , family medicine , pediatrics , immunology , pathology , paleontology , biology

Individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) may develop symptoms and signs of disease (tuberculosis disease) or may have no clinical evidence of disease (latent tuberculosis infection [LTBI]). Tuberculosis disease is a leading cause of infectious disease morbidity and mortality worldwide, yet many questions related to its diagnosis remain.

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