Tuberculin test using Indian indigenous purified-protein derivative (PPD) shows only moderate agreement with international standard PPD

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Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher · Christian Medical College, Vellore

N Priya · Christian Medical College, Vellore

Deepa Shankar · Christian Medical College, Vellore

Barney Isaac · Christian Medical College, Vellore

Andrea N. DeLuca · Johns Hopkins University

Sonali Sarkar · Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research

Senbagavalli Prakash Babu

Abstract

The Indian TST (Arkray Diagnostics) has shown moderate agreement with the internationally accepted Tubersol. Additionally, there was poor agreement between the TSTs and QFT plus test.

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Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

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Published in: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volume 34, pp. 100404-100404

DOI: 10.1016/j.jctube.2023.100404

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Tuberculin test using Indian indigenous purified-protein derivative (PPD) shows only moderate agreement with international standard PPD

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