Tuberculin sensitivity in tuberculosis
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Tuberculin sensitivity in tuberculosis.
Seven of twenty-eight (25%) patients with untreated tuberculosis had skin induration of less than 6 mm to one tuberculin unit (TU), and 3 (11%) to 10 TU PPD. Among twenty-four patients with lung disease, there were no detectable differences in radiological extent of disease between reactors and non-reactors to low-dose tuberculin. However, non-reactors were significantly more malnourished (P le...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.47.553.694