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PPD skin test

Positive PPD skin test
Positive PPD skin test
PPD skin test
PPD skin test
Tuberculosis in the kidney
Tuberculosis in the kidney
Tuberculosis in the lung
Tuberculosis in the lung
Alternative Names

Purified protein derivative standard; TB skin test; Tuberculin skin test


References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Questions and answers about TB. 2007. Accessed September 25, 2009.



Review Date: 09/28/2008
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).
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