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Definition of Tuberculin skin test

1. Noun. A skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin.

Medical Definition of Tuberculin skin test

1. See: Mantoux test, Heaf test, tuberculin tine test This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuberculin Skin Test

Literary usage of Tuberculin skin test

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"... asymptomatic persons with a reactive tuberculin skin test are at sufficient risk of developing ТВ to justify the risks of INH-induced hepatitis. ..."

2. Screening for Infectious Diseases Among Substance Abusers: A Treatment by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"A tuberculin skin test should be applied unless there is adequate documentation available that the patient had a positive skin test in the past. ..."

3. Controlling Tb in Correctional Facilities by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"Mantoux tuberculin skin test screening. The preferred method of screening for TB infection is the Mantoux tuberculin skin test. ..."

4. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"It is difficult to decide the mechanism of the tuberculin skin test. One may sensitize an animal with tuberculo-protein so that by a subsequent injection we ..."

5. Enforcement Procedures And Scheduling For Occupational Exposure To Tuberculosisby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"This test is the most reliable and standardized technique for tuberculin testing (see tuberculin skin test and Purified protein derivative ..."

6. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Asnes RS, Maqbool S. Parent reading and reporting of children's tuberculin skin test results. Chest 1975:68 (Suppl 3):459-462. 21. ..."

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