Zinc Cream and Reliability of Tuberculosis Skin Testing

Rao, V. Bhargavi; Pelly, Tom F.; Gilman, Robert H.; Cabrera, Lilia; Delgado, Jose; Soto, Giselle; Friedland, Jon S.; Escombe, A. Roderick; Black, Robert E.; Evans, Carlton A.

i

Zinc Cream and Reliability of Tuberculosis Skin Testing

Supporting Files Public Domain

Jul 2007
By Rao, V. Bhargavi ; Pelly, Tom F. ; Gilman, Robert H.

Details

Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Rao, V. Bhargavi ; Pelly, Tom F. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Cabrera, Lilia ; Delgado, Jose ; Soto, Giselle ; Friedland, Jon S. ; Escombe, A. Roderick ; Black, Robert E. ; Evans, Carlton A.
Description:

In 50 healthy Peruvian shantytown residents, zinc cream applied to tuberculosis skin-test sites caused a 32% increase in induration compared with placebo cream. Persons with lower plasma zinc had smaller skin-test reactions and greater augmentation with zinc cream. Zinc deficiency caused false-negative skin-test results, and topical zinc supplementation augmented antimycobacterial immune responses enough to improve diagnosis.
Subjects:
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 13(7):1101-1104.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

13
Issue:

7
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16739/cdc_16739_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 277.34 KB]
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:23c1395038a8c70dadfd73713996e0dd6b845070cc440205a4bd4e9d7c9b9b00

ON THIS PAGE

Details Supporting Files

Was this page helpful?

Found an issue?

Send us an email at:

publishinghd@cdc.gov

CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.