Tuberculosis--diagnosis, management, prevention, and control: summary of updated NICE guidance
| Autor: | Ibrahim Abubakar, Michael Eisenhut, Rachel Kettle, Lucy Elizabeth Hoppe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Cost effectiveness media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Antitubercular Agents Nice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Excellence medicine Humans Mass Screening Tuberculosis 030212 general & internal medicine Mass screening computer.programming_language media_common Poverty business.industry Public health Age Factors General Medicine 030104 developmental biology Systematic review Family medicine Practice Guidelines as Topic business computer |
| Zdroj: | BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 352 |
| ISSN: | 1756-1833 |
| Popis: | What you need to know Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the UK remains high compared with other Western European countries.1 It disproportionately affects underserved groups, including homeless people, people in poor housing or affected by poverty, people with problem drug use, and people born in countries with a high incidence of TB.2 However, many cases are preventable with public health measures, and, when disease does occur, most people can be cured. This article summarises the updated recommendations on diagnosing, managing, and preventing TB from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).1 This guidance updates the 2011 clinical guideline3 and incorporates the public health guidance on the identification and management of TB in under-served groups.4 #### What’s new in this guidance NICE recommendations are based on systematic reviews of best available evidence and explicit consideration of cost effectiveness. When minimal evidence is available, recommendations are based on the Guideline Development Group’s experience and opinion of … |
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