tuberculin test

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The classical test for delayed hypersensitivity is the tuberculin test for tuberculosis, where bacterial proteins from M. tuberculosis are injected into the skin.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

A positive tuberculin test means that the patient has been exposed to the bacteria and exhibits a cellular immune response to it.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Professor Calmette: In such cases the tuberculin test is not positive.

From Time Magazine Archive

They feel that the value of the tuberculin test has been exaggerated, that X rays and sputum tests are more important and more reliable.

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Interpretation of the Positive Subcutaneous Tuberculin Reaction: Occurrence of reaction, following the subcutaneous tuberculin test, signifies the existence of infection; it does not signify that the individual is clinically tuberculous.

From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various