Table 3.

Active tuberculosis case finding for high-risk or vulnerable groups.

High priority for active case finding

Household and other close contacts.

People living with HIV at each visit to a health facility.

Current and past workers who have been exposed to silica in their workplaces.

Active case finding if resources permit

Prisoners and people in other penitentiary institutions People who have untreated fibrotic lesions on chest radiography.

People who are seeking health care or who are already in health care in high TB prevalent countries and who belong to selected risk groups: these include malnutrition, diabetes mellitus, alcohol dependence, tobacco smoking, intravenous drug use, chronic renal disease, a previous history of tuberculosis and old age

Others - people living in urban slums, homeless people, people living in remote areas, some indigenous populations, and migrants/refugees.

Adapted from Reference [27].