False-positive tuberculin skin tests in a state prison system

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Grabau, J C ^a   Hughes, S E ^a   Foster, E A ^a   Kearns, C H ^a   Klopf, L ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b New York Stt Dept Correctional S   (United States)

Author keywords

False positive; Skin testing; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PRISONERS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0037248792     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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