Diagnosis and management of pediatric tuberculosis in Canada
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*CMAJ* has been made aware of an error that occurred in the Jan. 9, 2017 issue.1

The flow chart in Figure 1 contains one error. The first statement in the middle box in the last row should have been, “If TST negative and patient is well.”

![Figure 1:](http://www.cmaj.ca/https://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/189/5/E216/F1.medium.gif)

[Figure 1:](http://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/5/E216/F1)

Figure 1: 
Management of treatment in children exposed to infectious tuberculosis (TB). IGRA = interferon gamma release assay, TST = tuberculin skin test. Adapted from *Paediatr Child Health* 2015;20:83–8.

This has been corrected at cmaj.ca.

## Reference

1.  Kitai I, Morris SK, Kordy F, et al. Diagnosis and management of pediatric tuberculosis in Canada. CMAJ 2017; 189: E11–6.
    
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