Severe undernutrition in children affects tuberculin skin test performance in Southern India.

Divya ReddyYicheng MaSubitha LakshminarayananSwaroop SahuLaura F WhiteAyiraveetil ReshmaGautam RoyPadmini SalgameSelby KnudsenChelsie CintronJerrold J EllnerC Robert HorsburghSonali SarkarNatasha S Hochberg

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Severe undernutrition in children was associated with decreased odds of TST positivity. False-negative TSTs may result from undernutrition; caution is warranted when interpreting negative results in undernourished populations.

Keyphrases

young adults
early onset
soft tissue
drug induced