Lymphangitis after tuberculin tests.

Lymphangitis after tuberculin test.

After Mantoux testing with purified protein derivative (PPD) equivalent to 5 tuberculin units (TU), a 28 yr old man developed extensive erythema, induration and proximal lymphangitis. This is the only such case observed after Mantoux testing in approximately 500,000 subjects during 10 yrs in the Greek Army.

Serious allergic reactions following tuberculin skin tests.

Patient's self-interpretation of tuberculin skin tests.

BACKGROUND In the outpatient use of tuberculin skin testing (purified protein derivative [PPD]), it is at times inconvenient to have a patient revisit for interpretation. Therefore, we assessed patients' ability to self-interpret these test results. METHODS In keeping with prior custom, patients were seen by an experienced nurse, who performed skin testing with PPD intermediate strength as we...

Tuberculosis and Tuberculin Tests in Subhuman Primates *

The incidence of tuberculosis has always been high among monkeys and anthropoid apes in captivity in zoological gardens and research colonies. More recently it has been recognized that the disease is a serious menace both to the welfare of the animals and to that of human contacts. About 25 per cent of more than 2000 monkeys and anthropoids used by the Laboratory of Physiology of the Yale Unive...

Filarial Lymphangitis