@article {Bierrenbach A.:2001:1027-3719:656,
title = "Skin test reactivity to mycobacterial antigens parallels the phylogenetic structure of their genus",
journal = "The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease",
parent_itemid = "infobike://iuatld/ijtld",
publishercode ="iuatld",
year = "2001",
volume = "5",
number = "7",
publication date ="2001-07-01T00:00:00",
pages = "656-663",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1027-3719",
eissn = "1815-7920",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iuatld/ijtld/2001/00000005/00000007/art00010",
keyword = "tuberculin, dual skin test, Brazil, BCG, PPD, sensitin",
author = "Bierrenbach A., L. and Cunha S., S. and Barreto M., L. and Pereira S., M. and Rodrigues L., C.",
abstract = "SETTING: City of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between positivity to tuberculin and other environmental mycobacteria sensitins, according to a range of criteria and presence of BCG scar.DESIGN: Dual skin testing with tuberculin and four mycobacterial sensitins, and BCG scar recording of 1070 schoolchildren aged 714. Four criteria for positivity were used: simple and dominant, with 5 and 10 mm cut-off points.RESULTS: The standardised prevalence of reactions 5 mm for BCG scar negative children was 58.3% for Mycobacterium avium, 54.2% for M. scrofulaceum, 26.8% for M. fortuitum, 17.9% for M. tuberculosis and 7.6% for M. kansasii. Correlations between tuberculin and each sensitin, for BCG scar negative children, were 0.47 for M. avium, 0.53 for M. scrofulaceum, 0.60 for M. kansasii and 0.22 for M. fortuitum (all with P P CONCLUSION: The correlation between tuberculin and each sensitin confirmed the separation of the rapidly (M. fortuitum) and slowly growing mycobacteria (M. tuberculosis, M. avium, M. scrofulaceum and M. kansasii). The influence of BCG on tuberculin reactions was more marked than on other mycobacterial sensitins.",
}