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

During a tuberculosis survey of Milan in 1958, schoolchildren had been given scratches on both arms: one for the tuberculin test, the other for histoplasmosis.

From Time Magazine Archive

More than 80% of the cows of this county have been shown by the tuberculin test to be tuberculous, yet McHenry County supplies Chicago with most of its milk.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is by no means our opinion that the disease has been stimulated or aggravated by the application of the tuberculin test.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry