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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chest Med. 2019 Dec;40(4):839–848. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2019.07.008

Box 1. Populations at risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and tuberculosis disease (TB).

  • Contact of pulmonary TB cases

  • Immigrants from high-burden TB areas

  • Persons with HIV infection

  • Transplant candidates

  • Patients receiving hemodialysis

  • Patients starting tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) inhibitors

  • Patients with silicosis

  • Homeless individuals

  • Correctional facilities

  • Health care workers

  • Injection drug users