- Original Article
- Tuberculin Response in Infants after BCG Vaccination during Neonatal Stage
-
Jeong Hee Kim, Dae Hyun Lim, Byung Kwan Son, Sei Woo Chung,, Jeong Gyu Kim, Seung Yeon Nam, Sang Il Lee, Jin A Son
-
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(11):1502-1507. Published online November 15, 1999
-
|
Purpose : Mantoux test was widely used to identify the tuberculosis. But no reliable method exists for distinguishing tuberculin reactions caused by previous BCG vaccination from those caused by mycobacterial infections. So we studied Mantoux response in infants who had received BCG vaccination in the first month of life.
Methods : Mantoux testing was carried out in 143 healthy infants... |
-
-
|