Positive tuberculin skin test (PPD)doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-04107-2.50178-2Ashwin DharmadhikariDecision Making in Medicine (Third Edition)Duke, J.G., JT (2001). Positive Tuberculin Skin Test.
Results The positive rate of PPD test was 12.5 percent among HIV-seropositive people, 28.2 percent among HIV-seronegative. HIV-seropositive rate dereased with CD 4 cell decreasing. Conclusion The positive rate of PPD test was significantly decreased among HIV-seropositive patients. This was ...
Tuberculin Skin Test (PPD) and Its Conversion after One Year in School Children The control of Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in developing countries. Annual Risk of Infection (ARI) is an index used for evaluating the prog... F Salehzadeh,S Arshi,S Habibzadeh - 《Internationa...
Additionally, the positive and negative predictive values of TST and QFT-GIT testing for the identification of initially asymptomatic children that progressed to active TB and would thus have benefited from preventive treatment were calculated. Statistical analysis Test concordance was calculated using the...
and 13–15 of the test. During the first 1–3 min, the pups were scattered throughout three quadrants of the cage without direct skin contact with their mother or littermates. By minutes 7–9, the pups had grouped together within their quadrant. Ten minutes into the recording, the litter...
Material Purified protein derivative ( PPD ) Method 5 TU of PPD Intradermal injection Result 72h 5mm + positive 15mm + + A positive tuberculin test indicates that an individual has been infected or vaccinated in the past. It may be negative in the presence of tuberculous infection when “...
BackgroundThe aim of this study is to compare Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) result and interferon gamma response to human PPD (purified protein derivative), in scar positive and scar negative BCG-vaccinated children.MethodsBetween August 2007 and May 2008 a total of 236 children aged 1–168 months...
The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of positive and anergic tuberculin skin test (ppd) in a rheumatoid arthritis cohort of patients (RA) and assess the association among ppd results and clinical and treatment variables. Patients with RA diagnosis were included. The ...
Risk factors predict positive PPD skin test in inflammatory bowel disease patients starting infliximabdoi:10.1016/S0016-5085(03)80989-7Andrew M. Weinberg and Faten N. Aberra and Chinyu Su and Jackie McGregor and Gary R. LichtensteinGastroenterology...
A 23-year-old man, who was receiving isoniazid for treatment of a positive PPD tuberculosis test [ route and dosage not stated ], ingested sushi that... &NA; - 《Reactions Weekly》 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 A 40-Year-Old Man With Pulmonary Nodules and Skin Rash SESSION TYPE: Infectious ...