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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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Delayed Tuberculin Skin Testing

Canadian Journal of Health Technologies, 2022
With delayed tuberculin skin testing (TST) a single TST is performed to screen for tuberculosis (TB) infection 8 weeks after exposure to a known case of TB. The clinical utility (i.e., clinical benefits and harms of testing) of delayed TST for identifying TB among close contacts with no known risks compared to testing immediately after and
Anusree Subramonian, Melissa Walter
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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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Tuberculin skin Test

Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional, 1993
With the incidence of tuberculosis on the rise, home healthcare nurses are challenged to maintain skills in administering healthcare and interpreting tuberculosis (TB) tests. In this article, the most widely used method of TB testing, the Mantoux PPD test, is presented.
Carol O. Long   +2 more
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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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Tuberculin Skin Testing

1988
Tuberculin testing is the major method of diagnosing tuberculous infection. Although a significant degree of variability exists in reading reactions (1), the test continues to be the most reliable and available in diagnosis. It is used to diagnose tuberculous infection in contrast to tuberculous disease. Its reactivity separates the infected individual
George M. Lordi, Lee B. Reichman
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Tuberculin skin tests

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, 1962
Tuberculin testing is used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, in epidemiological surveys, and as an essential preliminary to BCG vaccination. It may also help to differentiate between tuberculosis and sarcoidosis which can be very similar clinically; in about 50% of patients with sarcoidosis the usual tuberculin tests are negative.
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