A 5-year-old child with no risk factors presents for routine care. Parents ask about TB screening due to media reports. He lives in an urban Canadian ...

Question

A 5-year-old child with no risk factors presents for routine care. Parents ask about TB screening due to media reports. He lives in an urban Canadian setting with low TB incidence and no household exposures. What is the most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

Explain that routine TB screening is not recommended in low-risk children and focus on risk-based assessment

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Perform a tuberculin skin test routinely

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Order annual chest X-rays

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Start prophylactic isoniazid

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Report the family to public health for refusal of testing

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): TB screening in low-risk child

A 5-year-old child with no risk factors presents for routine care. Parents ask about TB screening due to media reports. He lives in an urban Canadian setting with low TB incidence and no household exposures. What is the most appropriate response?