Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-grxwn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-22T10:52:14.106Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Tuberculin Skin Testing in the Era of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barbara J. Fahey ,
David K. Henderson ,
Linda Coe ,
Deloris Koziol ,
James Schmitt ,
Ann Crawford ,
Steven M. Holland  and
C. Fordham von Reyn
Barbara J. Fahey
Affiliation:
Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center Bethesda, Maryland
David K. Henderson
Affiliation:
Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center Bethesda, Maryland
Linda Coe
Affiliation:
Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center Bethesda, Maryland
Deloris Koziol
Affiliation:
Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center Bethesda, Maryland
James Schmitt
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Ann Crawford
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Steven M. Holland
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
C. Fordham von Reyn
Affiliation:
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , May 2000 , pp. 302 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

References

1. Bass, JB Jr. The tuberculin test. In: Reichman, LDHE, ed. Tuberculosis: Comprehensive Approach. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker; 1993:139–148.Google Scholar
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care facilities, 1994. MMWR 1994;43:1–132.Google Scholar
3. Von Reyn, CF, Williams, DE, Horsburgh CR, Jr, Jaeger, AS, Marsh, BJ, Haslov, K, et al. Dual skin testing with Mycobacterium avium sen-sitin and purified protein derivative to discriminate pulmonary disease due to M avium complex from pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis . J Infect Dis 1998;177:730–736.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
4. Fogan, L. PPD antigens and the diagnosis of mycobacterial diseases. A study of atypical mycobacterial disease in Oklahoma. Arch Intern Med 1969;124:49–54.Google Scholar
5. Von Reyn, CF, Barber, TW, Arbeit, RD, Sox, CH, O'Connor, GT, Brindle, RJ, et al. Evidence of previous infection with Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare complex among healthy subjects: an international study of dominant mycobacterial skin test reactions. J Infect Dis 1993;168:1553–1558.CrossRefGoogle Scholar