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Tuberculin Test

Known as: testing tuberculin, skin testing tuberculin, skin test tuberculosis 
A test to determine if a subject has ever had a tuberculosis infection. A small amount of purified tuberculosis protein is placed under the skin of… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (4)

Hypersensitivity skin testingIntradermal TestsVaccineTypecommunicable disease diagnosis (procedure)
Interferon-gamma Release TestsLaboratory ProceduresPurified Protein Derivative of TuberculinSkin

Narrower (2)

Mantoux testtine test

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2013
2013
Thermal remote sensing of urban areas: the case study of the urban heat island of Madrid
L'illa de calor urbana (ICU) es un dels exemples de la modificacio del clima local que implica el proces d'urbanitzacio. I es… 
2007
2007
[Comparison of interferon-gamma whole blood assay with tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in tuberculosis contacts].
Tuberculin skin test which is used for the detection of latent tuberculosis (TB), has many disadvantages such as false… 
1996
1996
Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in papulonecrotic tuberculid.
Papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT) is characterized by symmetrically distributed erythematous papules that often ulcerate and heal… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Presence of toxic shock toxin in toxic shock and other clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus
Toxic shock toxin (TST), also known as pyrogenic exotoxin C (Schlievert et al., J. Infect. Dis. 143:509-516, 1981) and… 
1982
1982
The tuberculin specificity in humans of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 5.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen 5 is a protein antigen limited in distribution to M. tuberculosis and M. bovis and capable of… 
1980
1980
Effect of nutritional status on delayed hypersensitivity due to tuberculin test in children of an urban slum community
Prevalence of tuberculous infection in young children is an important surveillance measure. However, the hypersensitivity may be… 
1975
1975
Suppression of tuberculin skin reactivity by prior tuberculin skin testing.
In two consecutive studies, eighteen and forty-one normal subjects were given a standard tuberculin skin test of 1 tuberculin… 
1970
1970
The loss of tuberculin sensitivity in certain patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis.
Through a careful determination of the tuberculin sensitivity of patients over a long period of time, a few tuberculous patients… 
1964
1964
TODAY'S CONCEPT OF THE TUBERCULIN TEST.
T HE TUBERCULIN TEST IS THE MOST effective means for detecting tuberculous infection, and hence is an essential tool in ultimate… 
1959
1959
The effect of heparin on the ocular tuberculin reaction.
In a previous communication 1 we confirmed the findings of others 2-4 on the inhibitory effect of heparin on anaphylactic…