MODIFICATION OF TUBERCULIN REACTION BY LEVAN

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 59  (5) , 454-458
Abstract
High molecular levan (polyfructoside) inhibits the skin tuberculin reaction in guinea pigs as judged by the degree of induration and erythema. The effect is dose-dependent. No effect on cellular infiltration was observed in histological studies. The lymph nodes of levan-treated animals were smaller and exhibited a much milder granulomatous reaction than those of non-treated animals.