tuberculin

Examples

• All

• Overall TB and latent TB infection prevalence and annual tuberculin skin testing conversion rates (i.e., incidence of new infection) were 2.7%, 34.6%, and 1.7%, respectively.

  Academic text (2013)

• If a child has had a recent MMR and requires a tuberculin test, then a four-week interval should be observed.

  Academic text (2015)

• The owner of the farm from which the sick animal came and his family had tuberculin skin tests and were found to be negative.

  Academic text (1992)

• We were able to show that by doing this simple intervention of training, the tuberculin testing rates increased dramatically.

• 6 of 106 subjects tested a second time became tuberculin positive.

  Academic text (1992)

• All 6 individuals who were tuberculin positive on second testing had been in contact with culture-positive herds.

  Academic text (1992)

• When hired 11 years earlier, the worker had a positive tuberculin skin test result but no other test indicating TB infection or disease.

  Academic text (2011)

• The overall initial rate of positive tuberculin tests among contacts was 21% (81 of 394).

  Academic text (1992)

• Among the MDR-TB contacts, 124 (60%) had positive tuberculin skin test results consistent with latent TB infection.

  Academic text (2011)

• The doctor explained that the tuberculin test is essential for diagnosing tuberculosis.

Synonyms

P

PPD

vstuberculin

• Specialized

1 7.3

A substance injected into the skin to check for tuberculosis infection

is the sterile liquid that contains that purified protein for diagnosis

Compounds

T

tuberculin skin test

• Specialized

5.0

A test that checks if you have been exposed to tuberculosis bacteria by putting a small medicine under the skin

T

tuberculin test

• Specialized

4.7

A skin test where a doctor puts a small amount of tuberculin under the skin to check for tuberculosis

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology