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Tuberculin skin test and Interferon-gamma release assay agreement, and associated factors with latent tuberculosis infection, in medical and nursing students in Bandung, Indonesia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Apriani L   +10 more
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Systematic review of the economic impact of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antigen-based skin tests for detection of TB infection compared with tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assays. [PDF]

open access: yesPLOS Glob Public Health
Goscé L   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evolution of T cell responses in the tuberculin skin test reveals generalisable Mtb-reactive T cell metaclones

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Turner CT   +25 more
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Maternal HIV Status and Risk of Infant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection as Measured by Tuberculin Skin Test. [PDF]

open access: yesPediatr Infect Dis J
Mecha J   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Tuberculin Skin Test

Pediatric Annals, 1993
nounced the discovery of a cure for tuberculosis. The cure consisted of giving patients subcutaneous doses of tuberculin, a brownish, transparent liquid obtained from culture filtrates of MWcobacterium tuberculosis. This treatment caused a febrile reaction within 4 or 5 hours.
R E, Huebner, M F, Schein, J B, Bass
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Interpretation of the tuberculin skin test

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1995
To reinterpret epidemiologic information about the tuberculin test (purified protein derivative) in terms of modern approaches to test characteristics; to clarify why different cutpoints of induration should be used to define a positive test in different populations; and to calculate test characteristics of the intermediate-strength tuberculin skin ...
D N, Rose, C B, Schechter, J J, Adler
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Tuberculin Skin Testing

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1978
To the Editor. — I should like to comment on the negativity of the tuberculin skin test performed on the patients described in the article entitled "Transtracheal Aspiration in Diagnosis of Sputum-Spear—Negative Tuberculosis" (238:1037-1040, 1977).
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Skin changes in the tuberculin test

Tubercle, 1991
This review describes the recent advances in knowledge of the nature and range of physiological changes that occur in the skin at the site of a positive tuberculin reaction. The infiltration of T-cells and monocyte/macrophages shows a marked compartmentalisation suggesting that the functions of particular cell types depend on their localisation.
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Tuberculin Skin Test Conversion

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1970
To the Editor.— Dr. Edwards in her reply to a question (212:1219, 1970) has stated that isoniazid chemoprophylaxis is recommended for anyone of any age whose tuberculin reaction converts from negative to positive and that appearance of a positive reaction signals the occurrence of tuberculous infection.
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