Kim S J, Hong Y P, Bai G H, Lee E K, Lew W J
Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Korean National Tuberculosis Association, Seoul.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 1998 Oct;2(10):857-60.
PPD RT23 is a tuberculin that is used worldwide. Korea has been using 1TU RT23 for its nationwide tuberculosis prevalence surveys at five-yearly intervals since 1965, and found a drop in its potency after the 1975 survey. This finding draws attention to the interpretation of tuberculin survey data observed with RT23 at different time periods.
PPD RT23是一种在全球范围内使用的结核菌素。自1965年以来,韩国每隔五年就在全国范围内使用1TU RT23进行结核病患病率调查,并发现1975年调查后其效力有所下降。这一发现引起了人们对不同时期使用RT23观察到的结核菌素调查数据解释的关注。