title: Skin test reactivity and cellular immune responses to Mycobacterium avium sensitin in AIDS patients at risk for disseminated M. avium infection.
abstract: Skin tests and lymphocyte proliferation assays (LPA) were performed with Mycobacterium avium sensitin on patients with AIDS. Among 139 subjects, 13% had positive skin test results and 32% had positive LPA results. The LPA may be a more sensitive indicator of prior M. avium infection in this population.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA. c.fordham.von.reyn@hitchcock.org
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: von Reyn
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lederman
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McCutchan
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Koletar
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Heald
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Colquhoun
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Bassily
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Currier
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; C012031:sensitin