Guidelines and Recommendations

• Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America PDF
  Comprehensive discussion of practical approaches to controlling TB in the United States. MMWR 2005; 54 (No. RR12)
• Diagnosis and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children PDF
  Clinical Infectious Disease 2017
• Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection.
  International Journal of Clinical Practice 2008, Dec. 62 (12) 1947-55
• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, 2003 PDF
  From CDC, MMWR, June 6, 2003, 52 (RR10); 1-42
• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Facilities, 2005
  From CDC, MMWR, December 30, 2005, 54(RR17);1-141
• Guidelines for the Investigation of Contacts of Persons with Infectious Tuberculosis PDF
  Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC. MMWR 2005 No. RR-15, 1-37
• Hepatotoxicity of Antituberculosis Therapy (2006)
  An official statement from the American Thoracic Society. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Volume 174, Issue 8
• Recommendations for Use of an Isoniazid-Rifapentine Regimen with Direct Observation to Treat Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection (cdc.gov)
• Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities: Recommendations from CDC PDF
  MMWR, July 7, 2006, 55(RR-9); 1-44
• Targeted TB Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection PDF
  National guidelines for health care providers. MMWR 2000: 49 (No. RR-6)
• Treatment of Drug Susceptible Tuberculosis PDF
  Clinical Infectious Disease 2016
• Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis PDF
  Guidelines for treatment of drug-resistant TB disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019
• Guidelines for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection PDF
  Recommendations from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, 2020. MMWR Recomm. Rep. 2020: 69 (No. RR-1) 1-11
• Tuberculosis and Air Travel Guidelines for Prevention and Control, Second Edition PDF
  Recommendations from the World Health Organization regarding the risk of TB on international flights. May 2005
• Updated Guidelines for Using Interferon Gamma Release Assays to Detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection - United States, 2010 PDF
  CDC guidelines. MMWR, June 25, 2010, 59(RR-5); 1-25
• Updated Guidelines for the Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis PDF
  Note: Guidelines start on page 7. MMWR January 16, 2009, 58(01); 7-10
• Tuberculosis Screening, Testing, and Treatment of U.S. Health Care Personnel
  Recommendations of the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association and CDC, May 1, 2019

TB Worldwide

• World Health Organization, TB website
• International Union Against TB and Lung Disease
• Stop TB Partnership
• Public Health Image Library(PHIL) (cdc.gov)

Related links

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
• American Lung Association
  General information about TB and other lung diseases
• Ending Neglect: The Elimination of Tuberculosis in the United States (2000)
  Report of a study done by the Institute of Medicine to determine whether elimination is a feasible national goal and provide pertinent recommendations on how to achieve that goal
• Controlling Tuberculosis in the United States: Recommendations from the American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America
  Comprehensive discussion of practical approaches to controlling TB in the United States