TUBERCULIN FOR DIAGNOSIS.

Tuberculin Diagnosis and Treatment

focus or foci to heal, and secondly, to prevent its spread and tuberculin aids in both these aims The essentials for success are laid down as individualization, size of dose, method of increase and interval" together with a full appreciation of the underlying disease conditions by the physician. The author pertinently remarks that the man who determines to try tuberculin should not do so to tes...

QuantiFERON-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children

Background: Appropriate diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) play the most important role in the control of tuberculosis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of LTBI among healthy tuberculosis unexposed children vaccinated with BCG using the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and comparing the agreement between the two tests....

[Tuberculin test in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis]

Tanto o critério clínico quanto o radiológico não são patognomônicos e podem ser tradução de outras doenças, não específicas, em pediatria, tornando o diagnóstico diferencial com tuberculose, freqüentemente, bastante problemático1,3. Assim, o terceiro critério é importante, na suspeita diagnóstica, e a maneira mais eficaz de se encontrar crianças infectadas pela M.tuberculosis é através da inve...

Tuberculin in Ophthalmology Tuberculin in Ophthalmology

QuantiFERON-TB Gold and Tuberculin Skin Test for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children

BACKGROUND Appropriate diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) play the most important role in the control of tuberculosis. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of LTBI among healthy tuberculosis unexposed children vaccinated with BCG using the tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) and comparing the agreement between the two tests. ...