Reply to Furin et al.: Clinical standards that are appropriate for all settings

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Diseases Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Tradate, Italy.
² Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili University Hospital, Brescia, Italy, WHO Collaborating Centre for TB/HIV Collaborative Activities and for TB Elimination Strategy, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
³ Centre for Global Public Health, Institute for Population Health Sciences, Queen Mary University, London, UK.
⁴ Translational Research Unit, "Lazzaro Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Comment

G B Migliori et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 1;26(11):1093-1094.

doi: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0452.

¹ Respiratory Diseases Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Tradate, Italy.
² Division of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Spedali Civili University Hospital, Brescia, Italy, WHO Collaborating Centre for TB/HIV Collaborative Activities and for TB Elimination Strategy, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
³ Centre for Global Public Health, Institute for Population Health Sciences, Queen Mary University, London, UK.
⁴ Translational Research Unit, "Lazzaro Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore.

No abstract available

Comment on

Clinical standards for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB infection.
Migliori GB, Wu SJ, Matteelli A, Zenner D, Goletti D, Ahmedov S, Al-Abri S, Allen DM, Balcells ME, Garcia-Basteiro AL, Cambau E, Chaisson RE, Chee CBE, Dalcolmo MP, Denholm JT, Erkens C, Esposito S, Farnia P, Friedland JS, Graham S, Hamada Y, Harries AD, Kay AW, Kritski A, Manga S, Marais BJ, Menzies D, Ng D, Petrone L, Rendon A, Silva DR, Schaaf HS, Skrahina A, Sotgiu G, Thwaites G, Tiberi S, Tukvadze N, Zellweger JP, D Ambrosio L, Centis R, Ong CWM. Migliori GB, et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 Mar 1;26(3):190-205. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0753. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022. PMID: 35197159 Free PMC article.
A test of infection should not be a "standard" for guiding TB preventive therapy in at-risk populations.
Furin J, Reuter A, Eyde L, Cox H. Furin J, et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022 Nov 1;26(11):1092-1093. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.22.0445. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2022. PMID: 36281036 No abstract available.