Treatment
Table 3. Repeat Testing for Latent TB in Children with All
Categories of JIA
Test Quality of Evidence
Annual screening of children at low risk of TB with
an initial negative TB test
D
Inappropriate
Repeate TB screening of patients with an initial
negative TB test prior to starting a biologic agent
at any point if their risk of TB changed to moderate
or high, as determined by regional infectious
disease guidelines
D
Figure 3. Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis:
Synovitis, Hands
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