| Literature DB >> 6757220 |
G V Kollias, C O Thoen, M E Fowler.
Abstract
A comparative cervical tuberculin skin test was evaluated in cervids with naturally acquired mycobacterial infections. The test exhibited a high degree of sensitivity (84%) and specificity (80%) in detecting infected animals but a low level of accuracy (57%) in differentiating Mycobacterium bovis infections from infections caused by M avium and other Runyon groups III and IV mycobacteria. This phenomenon was attributed to a low recovery rate of more than 1 species of mycobacteria from individuals with mixed infections.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 6757220
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Vet Med Assoc ISSN： 0003-1488 Impact factor: 1.936