CASE SERIES
Year : 2015 | Volume
: 59 | Issue : 3 | Page : 213--216
Tuberculin skin testing: Spectrum of adverse reactions
Ramar Praveen1, Amit Bahuguna2, Bhumesh Singh Dhadwal3
1 Graded Specialist, Department of Pediatrics, 92 Base Hospital, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
2 Graded Specialist, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, 92 Base Hospital, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
3 Classified Specialist, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, 135 Station Health Organisation, C/O 56 APO, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Correspondence Address:
Ramar Praveen
Department of Pediatrics, 92 Base Hospital, C/o 56 APO. Armed forces cant
India
Tuberculin skin testing (TST) is one of the primary diagnostic modalities recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) study conducted in the United Kingdom (UK) for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB). Even after acceptance as a diagnostic modality and stern standardization, TST has its own flaws that include a spectrum of adverse reactions. We report a series of cases with a spectrum of adverse reactions occurring with a higher frequency than present in the available evidence. The study has some demerits such as being a retrospective one with interobserver variation and lack of histopathological confirmation. The observation is presented to accentuate the fact that adverse reactions are not a rarity and that further studies are required to establish the cause and exact incidence of the same.
How to cite this article:
Praveen R, Bahuguna A, Dhadwal BS. Tuberculin skin testing: Spectrum of adverse reactions.Indian J Public Health 2015;59:213-216
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Praveen R, Bahuguna A, Dhadwal BS. Tuberculin skin testing: Spectrum of adverse reactions. Indian J Public Health [serial online] 2015 [cited 2023 Mar 26 ];59:213-216
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