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Comparison of T-Spot.TB and tuberculin skin test among silicotic patients

, 2008
In the present study, T-Spot.TB and the tuberculin skin test (TST) were compared in the screening of latent tuberculosis infection among silicotic patients. A conditional probability model was used to compare the potential clinical utilities of T-Spot.TB
Yam, WC, Law, WS, Tsui, D, Leung, M, Tam, CM, Yew, WW, Ho, PL, Leung, CC, Wong, MY   +8 more
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Tuberculin Testing In African Children

, 1971
In African countries tuberculosis remains one of the major health problems. Tuberculin testing is widely used as a screening test for its detection and B.C.G. vaccination is one of the means for its control.
Mary Mackintosh (19318480), A.C. Kendall (19297321)   +1 more
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Prevalence of reactivity to the tuberculin test and associated factors in the population attended at a drug addiction center in the period 2013-2016

Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria, 2018
Objective Epidemiological study of prevalence, carried out at Center for Drug Addiction of the center of addictions of Nou Barris (Barcelona, Spain) during 2013-2016 in order to know the prevalence of tuberculin test reactivity (TTR) and its predictive ...
E Castellanos-García, M. A Carrillo-Conde   +1 more
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Effectiveness of Two-Step Tuberculin Skin Testing in Hospital Employees

, 1997
Objective: To review the literature discussing the use of two-step tuberculin skin testing for hospital employees. Data Sources: English-language journal articles involving human subjects. Study Selection: Selected articles describing the use of two-step
John D Seeger, Jennifer H Tran
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Tuberculin Skin Testing : Information for Health Care Providers

The Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST) is one method of determining whether a person is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Reliable administration and reading of the TST requires standardization of procedures, training, supervision, and practice ...

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Diagnostic accuracy and safety of Diaskintest® compared with the tuberculin skin test for detecting tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated Brazilian adults

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundEvidence on the accuracy and safety of the ESAT-6/CFP-10–based Diaskintest® in BCG-vaccinated populations outside Eastern Europe remains limited.
Afrânio Kritski, Carla Conceição, Martha Oliveira, Martha Oliveira, Ana Paula Razal Dalvi, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Adriana Rezende Moreira, Adriana Rezende Moreira, Aline Lopes, Rogerio Ruffino, Luciana Rodrigues, Eliene Mesquita, Sergian Vianna Cardozo, Maria Jose Fernandes Pereira, Sumire Sakabe, Anete Trajman, Marcela Bhering, Marcela Bhering   +19 more
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Tuberculin-Active Carbohydrate That Induces Inhibition of Macrophage Migration but Not Lymphocyte Transformation

, 1970
A tuberculin carbohydrate fraction, GAE, in sensitized animals induced a delayed type of skin reactivity and inhibited the migration of macrophages but failed to stimulate lymphocyte transformation in vitro.
Hedrick, S. R., Baer, Harold, Thor, D. E., Godfrey, Henry P., Chaparas, S, Sotiros D. Chaparas, H. P. Godfrey, Harold Baer, Daniel E. Thor, Sally R. Hedrick   +9 more
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Prevalence of reactivity to the tuberculin test and associated factors in the population attended at a drug addiction center in the period 2013-2016

Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
Objective: Epidemiological study of prevalence, carried out at Center for Drug Addiction of the center of addictions of Nou Barris (Barcelona, Spain) during 2013-2016 in order to know the prevalence of tuberculin test reactivity (TTR) and its predictive
E Castellanos-García, M. A Carrillo-Conde   +1 more
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脱感作機構に関する実験的研究 VI. 組織培養によるTuberculin脱感作の研究 第3篇 Tuberculin脱感作時の組織培養発育抑制現象について [PDF]

The present paper deals with inhibition of the cultivated leukocytes obtained from desensitized rabbits by the addition of tuberculin. At the same time, tuberculin skin reaction and serum precipitation reaction was also tested at a definite interval ...
相沢, 芙束
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Studies on Tuberculin Reaction : III. Observations on tuberculous Patients with Negative or Questionable Tuberculin Reactions

, 1952
The tuberculin test is importent to the diagnosis of tuberculosis, and serious consideration must be given to those patients diagnosed as tuberculosis, in whom the tuberculin reaction is "negative" or "quetionable".
後藤, 正彦
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