Open AccessCANDIDA SKIN TESTING IS A POOR ADJUNCT TO TUBERCULIN SKIN TESTING IN INTERNATIONAL ADOPTEES
Author(s) -
Kee Thai Yeo,
Xiaobei Zhu,
H. Lester Kirchner,
A. Desirée LaBeaud,
Anna M. Mandalakas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3181a909d3
Subject(s) - tuberculin , adjunct , skin test , dermatology , patch testing , medicine , immunology , tuberculosis , allergy , pathology , contact dermatitis , philosophy , linguistics
We conducted a prospective longitudinal study evaluating Candida skin testing among international adoptees presenting to our clinic between 2000 and 2006. Nineteen (17%) and 17 (15%) children had negative tests at presentation and at 6 months, respectively--only 3 were negative at both points. Our study suggests that Candida skin test reactivity is an unstable measure of anergy among international adoptees.