The effect of short term prednisone therapy on the Mantoux skin test

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 658-660

  Strozik, Krzystof S ^a   Schoeman, Johan F ^a   Pieper, Clarissa H ^a   Donald, Peter R ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b c/o Dept of Pediat and Child Hlth ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mantoux test; Prednisone therapy; Steroid therapy; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PREDNISONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0031872570     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199807000-00020     Document Type: Article

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