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Review
. 2016 Mar;57(3):118-24; quiz 125.
doi: 10.11622/smedj.2016051.

Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis

Yee Tang Sonny Wang, Cynthia Bin Eng Chee, Li Yang Hsu, Raghuram Jagadesan, Gregory Jon Leng Kaw, Po Marn Kong, Yii Jen Lew, Choon Seng Lim, Ting Ting Jayne Lim, Kuo Fan Mark Lu, Peng Lim Ooi, Li-Hwei Sng, Koh Cheng Thoon
Review

Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis

Yee Tang Sonny Wang et al. Singapore Med J. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has developed the clinical practice guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for tuberculosis. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the MOH clinical practice guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis, for the information of SMJ readers. The chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website: http://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/healthprofessionalsportal/doctors/guidelines/cpg_medical.html. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.

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