Experience And Reason: The Value Of The Tuberculin Skin Test As A Screening Test For Tuberculosis Among Bcg-Vaccinated Children

Description:

Results of tuberculin testing of 250 Navajo infants and children, vaccinated as newborns with Rosenthal BCG is reported. The incidence of strong reactors to 5 TU of PPD is very low after one year. It is suggested that tuberculin testing of BCG-vaccinated children as screening for tuberculosis, under the conditions outlined above, is both feasible and practical. Three cases of primary pulmonary tuberculosis so discovered are reported. Line graphs. Bibliography.

Protocol:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access

Community:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

Category:

Diseases, Miscellaneous, Western Drugs, Western Treatment, Women/Children

Original Date:

1965

Creator:

Fraser, Ri

Language:

English

Rights:

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Source:

Sci In Alaska; Lifschitz, M. Experience and reason: the value of the tuberculin skin test as a screening test for tuberculosis among BCG-vaccinated children. Pediatrics 1965 Oct;36:624-7.

Identifier:

9903167

Subject:

BCG Vaccine, Case Report, Child Care, Infant Care, Tuberculosis

Type:

Monograph