Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. This official statement of the American Thoracic Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July 1999. This statement was endorsed by the Council of the Infectious Disease Society of America, September 1999

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000 Apr;161(4 Pt 1):1376-95. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.4.16141.
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Publication types

  • Guideline
  • Practice Guideline
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • BCG Vaccine
  • Child
  • Disease Notification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Specimen Handling
  • Tuberculin Test
  • Tuberculosis / classification*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / classification
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine