Zinc Cream and Reliability of Tuberculosis Skin Testing

Zinc Cream and Reliability of Tuberculosis Skin Testing

In 50 healthy Peruvian shantytown residents, zinc cream applied to tuberculosis skin-test sitescaused 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-negati...

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Main Authors: V. Bhargavi Rao, Tom F. Pelly, Robert H. Gilman, Lilia Cabrera, Jose Delgado, Giselle Soto, Jon S. Friedland, A. Roderick Escombe, Robert E. Black, Carlton A. Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
zinc
diagnosis
tuberculin
purified protein derivative
nutrition
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/7/07-0227_article

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