"Tuberculin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protein extracted from boiled culture of tubercle bacilli (MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS). It is used in the tuberculin skin test (TUBERCULIN TEST) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in asymptomatic persons.
| Descriptor ID |
D014373
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.161.845
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tuberculin" by people in Profiles.
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50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Isoniazid Prophylaxis in Tuberculin Reactors. J Pediatr. 2018 01; 192:52.
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Re: "It May Be Too Early to Try to Prove the Effect of Deworming on Tuberculin Reactivity". Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 02; 36(2):241-242.
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Modulation of the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis during malaria/M. tuberculosis co-infection. Clin Exp Immunol. 2017 Feb; 187(2):259-268.
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Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination modulates TNF-alpha production after pulmonary challenge with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis in guinea pigs. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2007 Mar; 87(2):155-65.
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The importance of two-step tuberculin skin testing for newly employed healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 May; 27(5):512-4.
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Robert Koch: Nobel laureate and controversial figure in tuberculin research. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2002 Oct; 13(4):289-99.
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Antigen presentation of lysozyme: T-cell recognition of peptide and intact protein after priming with synthetic overlapping peptides comprising the entire protein chain. Immunology. 1985 Sep; 56(1):103-12.
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Cellular responses in human strongyloidiasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1983 Sep; 32(5):990-4.
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Eradication of microscopic lymph nodes metastases after injection of living BCG adjacent to the primary tumor. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1975 Dec; 55(6):1345-52.
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Destruction of syngeneic tumors by tuberculin-stimulated peritoneal exudate cells from guinea pigs immunized to Mycobacterium bovis (strain BCG). J Natl Cancer Inst. 1974 Aug; 53(2):541-6.