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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Rao, V. Bhargavi ; Pelly, Tom F. ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Cabrera, Lilia ; Delgado, Jose ; ... More +
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. Less -
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.
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Administration, Topical
Adult
Diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Dispatch
Double-Blind Method
False Negative Reactions
Female
Humans
Male
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Peru
Purified Protein Derivative
Reproducibility Of Results
Risk Factors
Sensitivity And Specificity
Skin
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Trace Elements
Tuberculin
Tuberculin Test
Tuberculosis
Zinc
Dispatch
Tuberculosis
Zinc

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(7):1101-1104.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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