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A subcommitte was appointed by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society to review and bring up to date guidelines on control measures for tuberculosis. The updated code of practice emphasises that all cases of tuberculosis must be notified. A minority of patients need admission, and those with positive sputum smears should be regarded as infectious until they have received two weeks of chemotherapy. NHS staff at risk should be protected, and evidence of infectious tuberculosis should be sought as routine among certain prospective NHS employees, schoolteachers, and others. Contact tracing should be vigorously pursued, and all entrants to Britain from countries where tuberculosis is common should be screened. BCG vaccination should be offered in selected instances, and local organisation of tuberculosis services should be extended.
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PMID:Control and prevention of tuberculosis in Britain: an updated code of practice. Subcommittee of the Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society. 236 69

The Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) recommends that all new prison staff be screened for tuberculosis (TB) as 'at risk' health workers. This study of prisons in the West Midlands area of England shows that there are considerable variations in the practice of TB control amongst prison staff and that the recommendations of the BTS committee are not routinely implemented. The study highlights the need for a routine and robust system of TB surveillance and prevention amongst prison staff which can be applied nationwide.
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PMID:The prevention of tuberculosis in prison staff. 1122 33

The effects of the policy change in X-ray follow-up of adult tuberculin-positive close contacts of sputum microscopy positive pulmonary tuberculosis made by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society in 2000 were monitored prospectively from late 2000 until the end of 2003. No cases in contacts that could have been detected by interval X-rays at three and 12 months were found. The data, on 291 cases, support the abandonment of X-ray follow-up in favour of an 'inform and advise' strategy after an initial normal chest X-ray in this category of tuberculosis contact.
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PMID:Outcome for adult contacts of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in the absence of X-ray follow-up: 2000-03. 1525 15

Guidelines have been compiled by The Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society to quantify the risks of reactivation of tuberculosis with anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF-alpha) treatment. These guidelines are intended to inform respiratory physicians, gastroenterologists, rheumatologists and dermatologists, together with specialist nurses in those disciplines.
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PMID:BTS recommendations for assessing risk and for managing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in patients due to start anti-TNF-alpha treatment. 1605 11

Screening of the close contacts of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis remains an important component in the control and prevention of the disease. It is carried out to identify active and latent infection, and those requiring BCG vaccination. Guidelines suggest giving chemoprophylaxis to asymptomatic contacts with a positive Heaf test (grades 2-4) and normal chest radiograph [Control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: code of practice 2000. Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society. Thorax 2000;55:887-901]. We report a case involving a close contact where current guidelines were followed, but failed to prevent subsequent development of active disease from the same strain of M. tuberculosis.
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PMID:Reactivation of tuberculosis after apparently adequate chemoprophylaxis. 1632 45

Guidelines have been compiled by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society for the prevention and management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in patients with all grades of renal impairment.
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PMID:Guidelines for the prevention and management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in adult patients with chronic kidney disease. 2094 98