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- 5 December 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (23) , 1860-1866
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmcp021045
Abstract
A 44-year-old man who recently immigrated from Peru is found to have induration of 16 mm on a tuberculin skin test. He received bacille Calmette–Guérin vaccine as an infant and is asymptomatic. Chest radiography shows fibronodular opacities in the upper lobe. In another case, a 27-year-old schoolteacher born in the United States has induration of 17 mm on a tuberculin skin test, no symptoms, and a normal chest radiograph. How should these patients' cases be managed?Keywords
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