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MeSH Heading: Tuberculin
Tree Number(s): D12.776.097.025.845; D23.050.161.845
Unique ID: D014373
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014373
Annotation: TUBERCULIN TEST is also available
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): PPD; PPD-B; PPD-CG; PPD-F; PPD-L; PPD-S; Purified Protein Derivative of Tuberculin
Pharm Action: Indicators and Reagents
NLM Classification #: WF 250
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/05/23

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Tuberculin MeSH Descriptor Data 2025