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Chest, Vol 77, 188-189, Copyright © 1980 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Cutaneous testing in the elderly patient with tuberculosis

JH Battershill

A hypothesis is presented that the fully developed cutaneous reaction to tuberculin, as exemplified by diagnostic cutaneous testing in culture-positive patients with tuberculosis, is an "all-or-nothing" phenomenon. In the elderly, this characteristic is maintained, with the value of the test being limited only by an increase in anergy.


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Meta-analysis: New Tests for the Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Areas of Uncertainty and Recommendations for Research
Ann Intern Med, March 6, 2007; 146(5): 340 - 354.
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