EFFECTIVENESS OF TUBERCULOUS RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN SKIN TESTS FOR DETECTING TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS OF MOSCOW IN 2013

• Autores principales: L. V. Slogotskaya (Autor), O. Y. Senchikhina (Autor), G. V. Nikitina (Autor), E. M. Bogorodskaya (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Union of pediatricians of Russia, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Explanation. Mantoux test is used to detect the tuberculous infection; however, low specificity of this method results in a high rate of false positive responses due to cross-reactions of PPD (protein purified derivate) antigens contained in many mycobacterial species and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (B...