- ►annals.org R Menzies, B Vissandjee, I Rocher, Y St … - Annals of internal …, 1994 - Am Coll Physicians Objectives: No consensus exists regarding the definition and interpretation of a significant boosting
reaction after sequential tuberculin testing. The booster phenomenon is thought to represent
remote tuberculous infection where tuberculin reactivity has waned, but it has also been ... Cited by 112 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
RL Sepulveda, X Ferrer, C Latrach, RU … - The American review of …, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Am Rev Respir Dis. 1990 Jul;142(1):24-8. The influence of Calmette-Guérin bacillus
immunization on the booster effect of tuberculin testing in healthy young adults.
Sepulveda RL, Ferrer X, Latrach C, Sorensen RU. Immunology ... Cited by 93 - Related articles - All 2 versions
R Menzies, B Vissandjee, D Amyot - The American review of respiratory …, 1992 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Am Rev Respir Dis. 1992 Sep;146(3):752-6. Factors associated with tuberculin
reactivity among the foreign-born in Montreal. Menzies R, Vissandjee B, Amyot D.
Montreal Chest Hospital, PQ, Canada. Because tuberculosis ... Cited by 81 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
GM Cauthen, DE Snider Jr, IM Onorato - American journal of respiratory …, 1994 - 171.66.122.149 Following an initial negative Mantoux tuberculin skin test, a second test, given as soon as 1 wk
later, has been shown to elicit markedly larger reactions (boosting) in 20 to 40% of refugees
tested in the United States. We conducted a study to determine the explanation for this ... Cited by 58 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
NM Richards, KE Nelson, MD Batt, D … - The American review of …, 1979 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov To determine whether repeating the tuberculin test after a brief interval might result in tuberculin
conversion, we tested 213 healthy volunteers twice, 1 month apart, with 5 TU of tuberculin purified
protein derivative (PPD). Three nontuberculous mycobacterial antigens (PPD-G, PPD-Y, ... Cited by 32 - Related articles
NJ Thompson, JL Glassroth, DE Snider Jr, … - The American review of …, 1979 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov To determine the frequency, magnitude, and causes of the booster phenomenon in tuberculin
testing, a total of 1,478 employees from 10 hospitals throughout the United States received sequential
intradermal tests using PPD-T. In addition, approximately 70 per cent were initially tested ... Cited by 209 - Related articles - All 2 versions
KA Sepkowitz, J Feldman, J Louther, P Rivera, N … - American journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier Results: Of 262 new employees, 107 (41%) had positive tuberculin results on initial testing. The
results of 15 (9.7%) of the remaining 155 patients became positive on two-step testing administered
1 week later. Persons with a positive second test result were significantly more likely to be ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
R Menzies, B Vissandjee - The American review of respiratory disease, 1992 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The effect on tuberculin reactivity of bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination (BCG-V) given 10 to
25 yr earlier was measured among schoolchildren and young adults in Montreal. Of a total eligible
population of 8,264 persons, 5,952 were tuberculin tested (72%). The BCG-V status could ... Cited by 229 - Related articles - All 2 versions
S Alvarez, DR Kasprzyk, M Freundl - The American review of respiratory …, 1987 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov We scheduled two-stage skin testing for tuberculosis with Candida and mumps controls on 618
residents of our domiciliary unit at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Johnson
City, Tennessee. Of the 618 residents in the unit, 30 (4.8%) were not available for ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - All 2 versions
HW Horowitz, BB Luciano, JR Kadel, GP Wormser - American Journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier Methods: The study took place in a university teaching hospital employee health service. Charts
of employees who had PPD skin test conversion (> 10 mm increase in induration of the PPD
response within 2 years if younger than 35 years of age or> 15 mm if older than 35 years ... Cited by 37 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
