OBJECTIVE Because of the disparity between the recommendations regarding age and frequency for the realization of tuberculin testing during childhood, a study of tuberculous infection prevalence according to age was made in order to establish at which ages tuberculin testing would be recommendable and to determine if there is a difference in prevalence between vaccinated and non-vaccinated chil...

We have previously reported the results of ten years of systematic tuberculin Qsting of kindergarten and first grade children in Kansas City, Missouri. This report adds seven yeas of testing in different age groups (8th and 9th; and 4th and 5th grades). As reported in the previous study, the prevalence rates and conversion rates to tuberculin are markedly different depending on the frequency at...

SETTING A rural population in Tiruvallur district, south India. OBJECTIVE To study the variability of skin test reaction sizes between 48 and 72 hours. METHODS A tuberculin test survey was conducted among children aged less than 10 years. The reaction sizes were read by the same reader at 48 hours and 72 hours independently. The results of the tuberculin test were compared. RESULTS Of 957...

assistance of Ms. Marlette Brown. REI tIur.r. CEs 1 American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Diseases of the Chest: The tuberculin test. Pediatrics 54:650-652, 1974 2 Edwards PQ: Tuberculin testing of children. Pediatrics 54: 628-630, 1974 3 Maqbool S, Asnes RS, Grebin B: Tine test compliance in a clinic setting. Pediatrics 55:388-391, 1975 4 Weinberger HK, Terry C: Tuberculin testing in a pe...

Tuberculin skin test has been used as an indicator of latent tuberculosis in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) before administration of biologicals. Effect of Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and steroids on the result of tuberculin skin test (TST) may have important implications in interpretation of results of this test. Objectives. To find the prevalence of positive TST in...