tuberculin test
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The classical test for delayed hypersensitivity is the tuberculin test for tuberculosis, where bacterial proteins from M. tuberculosis are injected into the skin.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A positive tuberculin test means that the patient has been exposed to the bacteria and exhibits a cellular immune response to it.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Members of a TB victim's immediate family should also take isoniazid, especially youngsters with a positive tuberculin test reaction.
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Gruff, thickset, 46-year-old Dr. O'Rear is famed for developing the "double-injection" tuberculin test, in which the animal is needled not only in the tail but also in the rectum or genitalia.
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To quote E. R. Baldwin, of Saranac Lake: "The tuberculin test is of very limited value in determining tuberculous disease; it is of extreme value in detecting tuberculous infection."
From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various
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