STUDIES ON THE CRITERIA TO DETECT THE INFECTION OF UNCLASSIFIED MYCOBACTERIA BY SKIN TEST
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The problems of infection of unclassified mycobacteria have been discussed not only from the bacteriological but also from the clinical points of view. About 150 cases have been confirmed as unclassified mycobacteriosis in the last decade by Prof. Hibino, and a number of persons infected with unclassified mycobacteria has been estimated by the Research Committee on Epidemiology of Unclassified Mycobacteriosis (chairman: Prof. Okada). As a tuberculin skin reaction is the most useful method to detect the infection of tubercle bacilli because of its specificity and simplicity, it was considered that skin tests using tuberculin produced from various kinds of unclassified mycobacteria may be applicable to detect the infection of unclassified mycobacteria. However, as the prevalence of tuberculosis infection is still very high among adult population and BCG vaccination has been conducted extensively among younger generation in Japan, cross reactions to unclassified mycobacterial antigens among those infected with tubercle bacilli or BCG vaccinated must be taken into consideration.
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