Diagnostics
"Sensitivity and Specificity of Tuberculin Antigen of Multitest CMIR Device."
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 13th, 1995
According to an abstract presented by the authors to the 2nd National Conference on Human Retroviruses and Related Infections, held January 29 - February 2, 1995, in Washington, DC, "Objectives: We investigated the sensitivity (sens) and specificity (spec) of the tuberculin antigen of a device widely used to test HIV (+) persons for cutaneous anergy (Multitest CMIR, Merieux, Miami). Methods: Patients (pts) in a study of HIV in drug users receiving methadone treatment were tested for anergy with the Multitest CMIR device and for TB infection with PPD (5 TU, Mantoux method). Pts with {{>=}}2 mm induration at 48-72 hrs to PPD or to the tuberculin antigen of the...
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