Rifampicin does not suppress the tuberculin reaction in man.
Despite previous findings to the contrary in uncontrolled studies, we have found in a randomized trial that rifampicin does not suppress the tuberculin reaction in patients with tuberculosis.
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.
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Stanford
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D006801:Humans; D011897:Random Allocation; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000276:immunology
D012293:Rifampin