title: [The value of the tuberculin tine test].
abstract: The sensitivity of two different tuberculin multipuncture tests (PPD Merieux and Tubergen) was compared with Mendel Mantoux GT 10 in 213 persons. Merieux tests were false-negative in 15.3% of the cases, whereas congruence of the positive Mendel Mantoux and Tubergen reactions was 100%.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Grundmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walcher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000379:methods*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: Zur Aussagefähigkeit von Tuberkulin-Stempeltests.