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tuberculin
(redirected from Tuberculin Units)

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tuberculin
a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of attenuated tubercle bacillus and used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

tuberculin [tə′bər·kyə·lən]
(immunology)
A preparation containing tuberculoproteins derived fromMycobacterium tuberculosisused in the tuberculin test to determine sensitization to tubercle bacilli.


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HSCT units should also consider administering a tuberculin skin test (TST) by the Mantoux method with 5 tuberculin units of purified protein derivative (PPD) [CIII]; however, the TST may not be reliable in immunocompromised patients.
A tuberculin skin test (TST) (5 tuberculin units, Connaught, Swiftwater, PA) was administered and was read after 48 to 72 hours.
 
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