Dual skin testing with Mycobacterium avium sensitin and purified protein derivative to discriminate pulmonary disease due to M. avium complex from pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 730-736

  Von Reyn, C Fordham ^a   Williams, David E ^b   Horsburgh Jr , C Robert ^b   Jaeger, Anna S ^b   Marsh, Bryan J ^b   Haslov, Kaare ^b   Magnusson, Mogens ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SENSITIN; TUBERCULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0031886784     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514225     Document Type: Article

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