EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW SKIN TEST (DIASKINTEST) IN REVELATION OF INFECTED ADOLESCENTS WHO HAD A CONTACT WITH PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS
<em>Skin tuberculin Mantoux test is widely used for the revelation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTI). Low specificity of the test (high rate of false-positive reactions due to the cross-sensitizing to vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG) results in difficulties in its interpretation. N...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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"Paediatrician" Publishers LLC
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Вопросы современной педиатрии |
| Online Access: | http://vsp.spr-journal.ru:80/jour/article/view/615 |