tuberculin purified protein derivative

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• purified protein derivative — pu·ri·fied protein derivative pyu̇r ə .fīd n a highly purified preparation of tuberculin used in skin tests (as the Mantoux test) to detect tuberculous infection abbr. PPD * * * (PPD) see under tuberculin …   Medical dictionary

• tuberculin — 1. A glycerin broth culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis evaporated to 110 volume at 100°C and filtered; introduced by Robert Koch for the treatment of tuberculosis but now used chiefly for diagnostic tests; originally known as Koch old t. (OT)… …   Medical dictionary

• Tuberculin — is the name given to extracts of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. Bovis, or M. avium , used in skin testing in animals and humans to identify a tuberculosis infection [Tizard, I. R. (2004). Veterinary immunology: an introduction, seventh edition.… …   Wikipedia

• tuberculin test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to a given quantity of tuberculin indicates a past or present infection. [1900 05] * * * ▪ medicine       procedure for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection by the introduction into… …   Universalium

• PPD tuberculin — purified protein derivative tuberculin [USP] a form of tuberculin prepared by precipitation of a purified protein fraction from a culture filtrate; used for tuberculin tests …   Medical dictionary

• test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …   Medical dictionary

• Mantoux test — The Mantoux skin test consists of an intradermal injection of exactly one tenth of a milliliter (mL) of PPD tuberculin …   Wikipedia

• PPD — Abbreviation for purified protein derivative of tuberculin. * * * packs per day; paraphenylenediamine; percussion and postural drainage; permanent partial disability; phenyldiphenyloxadiazole; postpartum day; primary physical dependence;… …   Medical dictionary

• Latent tuberculosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|R|76|1|r|70 ICD9 = ICD9|795.5 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Also called latent tuberculosis infection, latent TB or LTBI.Latent… …   Wikipedia

• Florence Siebert — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image size =150px caption = PAGENAME birth date = October 6, 1897 birth place = death date = August 23, 1991 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = American ethnicity = field =… …   Wikipedia

• Seibert, Florence — ▪ American scientist in full  Florence Barbara Seibert  born Oct. 6, 1897, Easton, Pa., U.S. died Aug. 23, 1991, St. Petersburg, Fla.       American scientist, best known for her contributions to the tuberculin test and to safety measures for… …   Universalium