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Tuberculin
A protein extracted from boiled culture of tubercle bacilli (mycobacterium tuberculosis). It is used in the tuberculin skin test (tuberculin test) for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in asymptomatic persons.
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Mantoux test, Tuberculosis diagnosis, Latent tuberculosis, QuantiFERON, Heaf test, Tuberculin, Tine test, Grigorovich TB-5, F. R. G. Heaf, Étienne Mantoux
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