title: Reproducibility of the Tine tuberculin test. Research Committee of the British Thoracic Association.
abstract: The reproducibility of the tine tuberculin test was assessed by paired tests on 180 subjects. Using the recommended method of measurement, there was lack of agreement in 23%. The discrepancies were reduced to 18% using a different method. There were no examples of a subject with a negative response on one arm and a positive response on the other. The discrepant results always involved reactions classified as doubtful or intermediate on one are with a stronger or weaker reaction on the other. Thus there remains doubt about the ability of the Tine test to produce consistent reactions in tuberculin-positive subjects.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm / Q000473:pathology; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000592:standards*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine