Prediction Tool to Identify Children at Highest Risk of Tuberculosis Disease Progression Among Those Exposed at Home.
Meredith B BrooksLeonid LeccaCarmen ContrerasRoger CalderonRosa YatacoJerome GaleaChuan-Chin HuangMegan B MurrayMercedes C BecerraPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)
We present a tool that identifies child household contacts at high risk of TB disease progression based on data collected during contact tracing. In addition to the use of TB preventive therapy for all children exposed at home to TB, those children at highest risk of progressing to TB disease may benefit from more frequent follow-up.