Pediatrics

Steroid Use May Diminish TB Skin Test Response

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 20th, 1995

Administration of corticosteroids often diminishes the tuberculosis (TB) skin test response in children and infants as well as adults, according to a Baylor University researcher.

"In children with diseases that may require corticosteroid therapy, tuberculin skin testing, if necessary, should be performed before the corticosteroids are given," Baylor University researcher Jeffrey R. Starke wrote ("Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Steroid Recipient," The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, January 1995;14(1):85-86).

"In my experience the effect of corticosteroids on diminishing the size of hilar nodes is slow, taking weeks to months. Hence several days...

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