Skin test reactivity and cellular immune responses to Mycobacterium avium sensitin in AIDS patients at risk for disseminated M. avium infection.
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.
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Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA. c.fordham.von.reyn@hitchcock.org
Williams
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Lederman
H M
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McCutchan
J A
JA
Koletar
S L
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Murphy
R L
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Cohn
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Evans
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Heald
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Colquhoun
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Bassily
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Currier
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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
D000941:Antigens; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; C012031:sensitin