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KOCHS ORIGINAL TUBERCULIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A sterile solution containing growth products of the tubercle bacillus (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).

OBS

Introduced by Robert Koch for the treatment of tuberculosis, now used chiefly for diagnostic skin tests, tuberculin is also commonly used as antigen in laboratory immunology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Substance extraite des cultures de Mycobacterium tuberculosis, utilisée comme moyen de dépistage de la tuberculose par cuti-réaction et par intradermoréaction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
DEF

Sustancia que se inocula dentro de la piel para provocar una reacción llamada por ello "intradermorreacción", cuyo resultado indica si una persona ha estado expuesta a la tuberculosis.

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