Tuberculin unit

Known as: Tuberculin, [tb'U], TU

An arbitrary unit of tuberculin dosage defined by comparison of clinical response to a preparation of the purified protein derivative standardized…

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1997

A strongly positive tuberculin skin reaction (>1.5 cm2) was observed during the acute phase of the illness in 11 children with…

1987

Genetically susceptible BALB/c mice are refractory to further infection after recovery from Leishmania major infection after a…

1981

Six hundred and ninety-two cases of kala-azar were studied, all confirmed cases. Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Samsatipur and Sitamarhi…

1968

Several investigators have noted the proliferative effect of tuberculin on short-term tissue cultures of peripheral blood…

1965

The tuberculin reaction was examined in the electron microscope using as antigen PPD conjugated to ferritin. The ferritin marker…

1964

T HE TUBERCULIN TEST IS THE MOST effective means for detecting tuberculous infection, and hence is an essential tool in ultimate…

1958

Dilutions of the purified tuberculin RT 19-21 (Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen) have been found to be subject to unsystematic…

1951

Few diseases have shown the continuous, yearly decline in mortality exhibited by tuberculosis. Mortality from tuberculosis…

1951

WHILE a reasonable account can now be given of most stages of the mechanism of the urticarial type of skin response to injected…

1937