tuberculin test

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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

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

Members of a TB victim's immediate family should also take isoniazid, especially youngsters with a positive tuberculin test reaction.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Interpretation of the Positive Subcutaneous Tuberculin Reaction: Occurrence of reaction, following the subcutaneous tuberculin test, signifies the existence of infection; it does not signify that the individual is clinically tuberculous.

From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various