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(Chest. 1957;32:217-219.)
© 1957 American College of Chest Physicians

Tuberculin Testing of the Aged

EUGENE J. CHESROW M.D.1 and JULIUS B. NOVAK M.D., F.C.C.P.2

1 Medical Superintendent—Cook County Institutions, Oak Forest, Illinois.
2 Medical Director—Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago and Cook County.

About 76 per cent of our present old age population are infected with tuberculosis.

Tuberculin sensitivity is maintained for a long time. Persons oven 100 years old reacted to tuberculin. More men in the old age group reacted than women. Tuberculosis remains a major problem because of the high residual of infection in our old population.

Retesting of this age group every 10 years should give an index of the residual infection.






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