Queensland Tuberculosis Control Program (QTCP)

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Clinical guidelines for treating tuberculosis (TB)

The Queensland Tuberculosis Control Program (QTCP) ensures that every diagnosed case of TB in Queensland is appropriately clinically managed, completes an adequate course of treatment and has appropriate post-treatment surveillance.

This section provides clinical guidelines and advice on clinical management for TB patients.

Queensland Health clinical guidelines

• Guidelines for TB treatment  (PDF, 201kb)
• Guidelines for management of TB & HIV co-infection  (PDF, 71kb)
• Guidelines for treatment of TB during pregnancy  (PDF, 87kb)
• Guidelines for treating TB in patients with renal disease  (PDF, 42kb)
• TB treatment pathway
• TB nursing management
• TB infection control guidelines.
  

External clinical guidelines

• American Thoracic Society: Standards for diagnosis and management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (PDF, 2470kb)
• Centers for Disease Prevention and Control TB guidelines 
• Infectious Diseases Society of America TB treatment guidelines
• Non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease guidelines  (Northern Territory Health) (PDF, 336kb)
• Leprosy guidelines  (Northern Territory Health) (PDF, 381kb).