Does screening for tuberculosis in children decrease morbidity or mortality?

Banks presents a question and answer advisory on routine tuberculosis screening with lower purified protein derivative result in morbidity or mortality from tuberculosis than that among children who are not routinely screened. He claims that less is better when tuberculosis screening for school-aged children is considered. New recommendations for pre-kindergarten children are based primarily on consensus statements, but the consensus is clear: physicians should target high-risk children.