Resources
Information on relevant resources are provided here, which will include details of videos, brochures, catalogues, posters, flipcharts, fact sheets and CD-ROMS where available. Information on relevant guidelines to prevent and/or minimise tuberculosis amoung Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are provided here - please note that links do not constitute a recommendation to use a particular guideline or protocol.
Guidelines
National
2006
National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee (2006)
The BCG vaccine: information and recommendations for use in Australia.
Communicable Diseases Intelligence;30(1):109-115
View article: Communicable Disease Intelligence (PDF - 37KB)
View website: Communicable Diseases Intelligence
2004
Davis JS, Currie BJ, Fisher DA, et al. (2004)
Prevention of opportunistic infections in immunosuppressed patients in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory.
Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin;11(1):7-13
View article
(PDF - 632KB)
View website: Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin
2002
National Health and Medical Research Council (2002)
The Australian immunisation handbook - vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council
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guidelines (PDF - 113KB)
Territory Health Services (2002)
Guidelines for the control of tuberculosis in the Northern Territory 2002.
Casuarina: Northern Territory Government
View
guidelines (PDF - 1.1MB - large file warning!)
Territory Health Services (2002)
Guidelines for the control of nontuberculous mycobacteria in the Northern Territory.
Casuarina: Northern Territory Government
View
guidelines (PDF - 351KB)
International
American Thoracic Society (2003)
Treatment of tuberculosis.
American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine;167:603-662
View
document (PDF - 503KB)
American Thoracic Society (2000)
Diagnostic Standards and Classification of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children
American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine;161:
View
document (PDF - 149KB)
Other
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control
An easy-to-use resource database about the clinical aspects of tuberculosis
developed by Columbia University Medical Informatics
View
website
Department of Health (2002)
Tuberculosis - fact sheet.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View
pamphlet (PDF - 47KB)
Department of Health (2002)
The mantoux test - tuberculosis.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
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pamphlet (PDF - 108KB)
Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Centre (CNTC)
The CNTC creates, enhances and disseminates state-of-the-art resources
and models of excellence to control and eliminate tuberculosis nationally
and internationally.
View
website
HealthInsite - Tuberculosis
A directory of resources on tuberculosis provided by the Commonwealth
Government of Australia.
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website
John Hopkins Centre for Tuberculosis Research
This website provides research publications and epidemiological
tuberculosis data both globally and within the United States.
View website
National Tuberculosis Centre - New Jersey Medical School
The Center is a joint project of the New Jersey Medical School and
the New Jersey Department of Health, and has gained acclaim for
its TB nursing case management system and directly observed therapy
(DOT) as standard patient care.
View
website
NSW Health (2000)
Tuberculosis - fact sheet.
North Sydney: New South Wales Health Department
View
fact sheet (PDF - 179KB)
US National Center for HIV, STD and TB prevention
An award-winning self-study online module course on tuberculosis.
No registration is needed.
View
website
Stanford Centre for Tuberculosis Research
A website designed to foster international collaborations between
tuberculosis researchers.
View website
Territory Health Services (2002)
Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (preventive treatment).
Casuarina: Territory Health Services.
View
fact sheet (PDF- 163KB)
Tuberculosis.net
A comprehensive source of tuberculosis teaching materials developed
by the Montefiore Medical Centre, New York.
View website
Virology Down Under
Provides a comprehensive list of links to National and International
websites focussing on tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.
View
website
WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis Research
A website supported by the World Health Organisation documenting
the tuberculosis research activities of the tuberculosis research
centre in Chennai, India, as well as affiliates in India and developing
countries.
View website
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