Table 1.

National and international guidelines concerning paediatric tuberculosis.

Guideline Title [Reference]	Guideline Developer(s)	Countries or Regions	Year	Target Population	Guideline Fields
Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children [1]	WHO	International	2006	Children	Diagnosis Treatment
Rapid advice. Treatment of tuberculosis in children [5]	WHO	International	2010	Children	Treatment
Use of tuberculosis interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) in low- and middle-income countries: policy statement [6]	WHO	International	2011	Adults Children	Diagnosis
Policy statement: automated real-time nucleic acid amplification technology for rapid and simultaneous detection of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance: Xpert MTB/RIF system [7]	WHO	International	2011	Adults Children	Diagnosis
Guidelines for the programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis [8]	WHO	International	2011	Adults Children	Treatment
Desk-guide for diagnosis and management of TB in children [9]	IUATLD	International	2010	Children	Diagnosis Treatment
Evaluation of Tuberculosis Diagnostics in Children [10,11]	Expert Panel	International	2012	Children	Diagnosis
Tuberculosis (in: Red Book 2012) [12]	AAP	U.S.	2012	Children	Diagnosis Treatment
Treatment of Tuberculosis [13]	ATS CDC IDSA	U.S.	2003	Adults Children	Treatment
Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children [14]	ATS CDC IDSA	U.S.	2000	Adults Children	Diagnosis
Updated Guidelines for the Use of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis [15]	CDC	U.S.	2009	Adults Children	Diagnosis
Updated Guidelines for Using Interferon Gamma Release Assays to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection [16]	CDC	U.S.	2010	Adults Children	Diagnosis
Recommendations for Use of an Isoniazid-Rifapentine Regimen with Direct Observation to Treat Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection [17]	CDC	U.S.	2011	Adults Children	Treatment
European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care [18]	ECDC ERS	Europe	2012	Adults Children	Diagnosis Treatment
Use of interferon-gamma release assays in support of TB diagnosis [19]	ECDC	Europe	2011	Adults Children	Diagnosis
Management of contacts of MDR TB and XDR TB patients [20]	ECDC	Europe	2012	Adults Children	Diagnosis Treatment
LTBI: latent tuberculosis infection or lasting immune responses to M. tuberculosis? A TBNET consensus statement [21]	TBNET	Europe	2009	Adults Children	Diagnosis
Clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control [22]	NICE	U.K.	2011	Adults Children	Diagnosis Treatment
Diagnosis of tuberculosis in pediatrics. Consensus document of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Infectology (SEIP) and the Spanish Society of Pediatric Pneumology (SENP) [23]	SEIP SENP	Spain	2010	Children	Diagnosis
Consensus document for the treatment of pulmonar tuberculosis in children [24]	SEIP	Spain	2007	Children	Treatment
Recommendations of the Spanish Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SEIP) on the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis [25]	SEIP	Spain	2009	Children	Treatment
Consensus document on treatment of tuberculosis exposure and latent tuberculosis infection in children [26]	SEIP	Spain	2006	Children	Treatment
Recommendations for Therapy, Chemoprevention and Chemoprophylaxis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children [27]	DZK DGP	Germany	2012	Adult Children	Treatment
Childhood tuberculosis guidelines of the Southern African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases [28]	SASPID	South Africa	2009	Children	Diagnosis Treatment
Consensus Statement on Childhood Tuberculosis [29]	IAP	India	2010	Children	Diagnosis Treatment
Management of tuberculosis in children [30]	ASID APRG	Australasia	2000	Children	Treatment
Canadian Tuberculosis Standards 7th Edition [31]	PHAC CTS CLA	Canada	2013	Adult Children	Diagnosis Treatment

Note. WHO: World Health Organization; IUATLD: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease; AAP: American Academy of Pediatrics; ATS: American Thoracic Society; CDC: Center for Control Disease and Prevention; IDSA: Infectious Diseases Society of America; ECDC: European Center for Disease Control and Prevention; ERS: European Respiratory Society; NICE: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; SEIP: Spanish Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases; SENP: Spanish Society for Paediatric Respiratory Disease; DZK: German Central Committee against Tuberculosis; DGP: German Respiratory Society; SASPID: Southern African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases; IAP: Indian Academy of Pediatrics; ASID: Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (Subgroup of Paediatric Infectious Disease); APRG: Australasian Paediatric Respiratory Group; PHAC: Public Health Agency of Canada; CTS: Canadian Thoracic Society; CLA: Canadian Lung Association.