Larrabee W F, Talavera R
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1979 Jan;28(1):106-9. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.106.
A group of 106 adult Panamanian men were skin tested with a standard human tuberculin (RT 23) and three sensitins prepared from atypical mycobacteria. Two of the sensitins (prepared from Mycobacterium kansasii and Battey organism) are commonly used to detect atypical mycobacterial infections. The third (prepared from M. xenopi) had not been used in Panama previously. Skin sensitivity proved to be significantly higher to the M. xenopi sensitin than to the others. The known epidemiology of M. xenopi is briefly reviewed.
对106名成年巴拿马男性进行了标准人结核菌素(RT 23)和三种由非典型分枝杆菌制备的敏感素的皮肤试验。其中两种敏感素(由堪萨斯分枝杆菌和巴蒂氏菌制备)常用于检测非典型分枝杆菌感染。第三种(由偶发分枝杆菌制备)此前未在巴拿马使用过。结果表明,皮肤对偶发分枝杆菌敏感素的敏感性明显高于其他敏感素。本文简要回顾了偶发分枝杆菌的已知流行病学情况。