III Brazilian Thoracic Association guidelines on Tuberculosis
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2009
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New scientific articles about tuberculosis (TB) are published daily worldwide. However, it is difficult for health care
workers, overloaded with work, to stay abreast of the latest research findings and to discern which information
can and should be used in their daily practice on assisting TB patients. The purpose of the III Brazilian Thoracic
Association (BTA) Guidelines on TB is to critically review the most recent national and international scientific
information on TB, presenting an updated text with the most current and useful tools against TB to health
care workers in our country. The III BTA Guidelines on TB have been developed by the BTA Committee on TB
and the TB Work Group, based on the text of the II BTA Guidelines on TB (2004). We reviewed the following
databases: LILACS (SciELO) and PubMed (Medline). The level of evidence of the cited articles was determined, and
24 recommendations on TB have been evaluated, discussed by all of the members of the BTA Committee on TB and
of the TB Work Group, and highlighted. The first version of the present Guidelines was posted on the BTA website
and was available for public consultation for three weeks. Comments and critiques were evaluated. The level of
scientific evidence of each reference was evaluated before its acceptance for use in the final text.
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Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant, Mycobacterium infections, Diagnosis, Tuberculose, Tuberculose resistente a múltiplos medicamentos, Infecções por Mycobacterium, Diagnóstico
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CONDE, Marcus Barreto et al. III Brazilian Thoracic Association guidelines on Tuberculosis. Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Brasília, DF, v. 35, n. 10, p. 5-35, 2009.