Comparison of different methods and times for reading the tuberculin skin test

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1273-1278

  Moran Mendoza O ^a   Tello Zavala, M C ^b,c   Rivera Camarillo, M ^c   Rios Meza Y ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL CENTRAL DR IGNACIO MORONES PRIETO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mantoux test; PPD; TST measurement; TST reading

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLPOINT PEN; BCG VACCINATION; CALIPER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RULER; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE; TIME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VERNIER CALIPER;

ADULT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884611148     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0147     Document Type: Article

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