Comparative skin testing the Cuna Indians of Panama.
A group of 119 Cuna Indians from the San Blas Islands of Panama were skin tested with a standard tuberculin (RT-23) and three antigens prepared from atypical mycobacteria (M. intracellulare, PDB-B; M. kansasii, PPD-K; and M. xenopi, PPD-X). There was a high level of skin sensitivity to PPD-X and PPD-K and significantly less to PPD-B. The results are contrasted to those obtained in a similar study of workers from mainland Panama.
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007197:Indians, Central American; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000276:immunology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D010176:Panama; D014374:Tuberculin Test
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial