Predictive value of a 24 hour tuberculin skin test evaluation
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Predictive value of a 24 hour tuberculin skin test evaluation.
The predictive value of induration 24 hours after administration of purified protein derivative (PPD) was examined. Altogether 1082 healthy schoolchildren were tested using 5 tuberculin units of PPD. Induration was measured at 24, 48, and 72 hours. At 24 hours, induration of any size had a relatively low positive predictive value (63%), although indurations > 5 mm had a higher (86%) positive pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.5.452