Policy Endorsement

Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

The American Academy of Pediatrics endorses and accepts as its policy the American Thoracic Society and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Statement "Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection," published in June 2000.

The Guidelines are available as a PDF from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site free-of-charge at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4906.pdf.

The recommendations in this statement do not indicate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as a standard of medical care. Variations, taking into account individual circumstances, may be appropriate.

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