A newly arrived asylum seeker from Eritrea is screened for TB as part of the UK new entrant screening programme. According to NICE NG33, which new ent...

Question

A newly arrived asylum seeker from Eritrea is screened for TB as part of the UK new entrant screening programme. According to NICE NG33, which new entrants should be screened for LTBI?

Accepted Answer

New entrants aged 16-35 from countries with a TB incidence ≥150 per 100,000, or any age from sub-Saharan Africa if HIV-positive

Answer

All new entrants regardless of country of origin

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Only new entrants with symptoms of TB

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Only new entrants who have been in contact with a known TB case

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No screening is recommended for new entrants

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): New Entrant LTBI Screening

A newly arrived asylum seeker from Eritrea is screened for TB as part of the UK new entrant screening programme. According to NICE NG33, which new entrants should be screened for LTBI?