The anergy panel: an ineffective tool to validate tuberculin skin testing

Am J Infect Control. 2004 Jun;32(4):243-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.07.001.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Clonal Anergy
  • Female
  • Hospitals, Veterans
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / immunology*
  • Probability
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Skin Tests
  • Tuberculin Test / methods*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial