INTEROBSERVER AND METHOD VARIABILITY IN TUBERCULIN SKIN TESTING
INTEROBSERVER AND METHOD VARIABILITY IN TUBERCULIN SKIN TESTING
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DOI：
10.1097/00006454-198407000-00010
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发表时间：
1984-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
CRUESS, DF
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作者：
LONGFIELD, JN;MARGILETH, AM;CRUESS, DF
Accurate measurement and interpretation of tuberculin skin tests is essential both to avoid unnecessary prophylactic treatment with potentially hepatotoxic drugs and to ensure the proper institution of therapy in tuberculin-positive individuals. Although two methods are currently used for reading tuberculin skin tests, palpation and ballpoint, the optimal technique has not been established. We compared measurements obtained by each method on 101 patients tested with intermediate tuberculin purified protein derivative. Fifty-eight of these patients were also tested using Mono-Vace r.
