Are non-specific reactions to tuberculin common?
Aziz, S.; Lodi, T.Z.; Alam, S.E.
Jpma. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 45(9): 243-244
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9982 PMID: 8683831 Document Number: 444308
Three thousand four hundred eighty-five BCG scar negative school children were given tuberculin test. Results showed very little non-specific reactions, suggesting BCG should produce high levels of protection in our population.
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