EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW SKIN TEST (DIASKINTEST) IN REVELATION OF INFECTED ADOLESCENTS WHO HAD A CONTACT WITH PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS

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. New method...

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Main Authors: L.V. Slogotskaya (Author), Ya.A. Kochetkov (Author), O.Yu. Senchikhina (Author)
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Published: "Paediatrician" Publishers LLC, 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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