Exaggerated Mantoux reaction in a case of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-173

  Bansal, Rekha ^a   Sharma, Parveen K ^a  

^a Dr RP Government Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Exaggerated mantoux test; LTBI; Mantoux Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE EDEMA; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE VESICLE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; PURIFIED PROTEIN DERIVATIVE TEST; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TEST; STOMACH EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84867182483     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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