Skin test diaskintest ® in the diagnostics of tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents
Abstract
Diagnostic effectiveness of skin test Diaskintest® (DST) and Mantoux test with 2TU PPD-L in children and adolescents was comparatively studied based on evidence from the city of Yakutsk. DST showed high effectiveness in diagnosis of tuberculosis in children and adolescents and allowed detection of high risk groups among the outpatients included to follow-up registries of Tuberculosis Dispensary.
About the Authors
N. M. Oshchepkova
State Budgetary Institution of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) “Research-Practice Center ‘Phthisiatry”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oshchepkova Natalya Mikhaylovna – Head of the Dispensary Department
Yakutsk, Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
L. I. Mordovskaya
State Budgetary Institution of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) “Research-Practice Center ‘Phthisiatry”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mordovskaya Larisa Ivanovna – Doct.Med.Sc., Head of the Immunologic Laboratory
Yakutsk, Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
E. N. Ilyina
State Budgetary Institution of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) “Research-Practice Center ‘Phthisiatry”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilyina Evgeniya Nikolaevna – district phthisiatrist, Dispensary Department
Yakutsk, Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
A. P. Popova
State Budgetary Institution of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) “Research-Practice Center ‘Phthisiatry’”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Popova Agrafena Petrovna – district phthisiatrist, Dispensary Department
Yakutsk, Republic Sakha (Yakutia)
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Review
For citations:
Oshchepkova N.M., Mordovskaya L.I., Ilyina E.N., Popova A.P. Skin test diaskintest ® in the diagnostics of tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents. Yakut Medical Journal. 2013;(1):87-89.
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