tuberculin test

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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

During a tuberculosis survey of Milan in 1958, schoolchildren had been given scratches on both arms: one for the tuberculin test, the other for histoplasmosis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The technical instruction committee set aside �250 to be used by a joint committee from the agricultural and horticultural schools and Worleson Dairy Institute for applying the tuberculin test to their herds.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry