PPD conversion

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PPD conversion

Infectious disease The conversion from a state of nonreactivity to reactivity to immune challenge by PPD, presumptive evidence of active TB unless proven otherwise. See Tuberculosis. Cf Anergy.

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No references found			The dramatic rise in PPD conversion rates in hospitals with outbreaks may result as much from nonspecific boosting as from true nosocomial transmission and acquisition of M. Tuberculosis Control in the 21st Century by Sepkowitz, Kent A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases The classification of risk is based on: 1) the profile of TB in the community, 2) the number of infectious TB patients admitted to the facility area, and 3) analysis of PPD conversion data for the facility's workers. Tuberculosis: new threats from an old disease by Short, Robert D., Jr. / Nursing Homes			powderpuff power power analysis power centric power mode power objects power of attorney power sickness power stroke Power Take-Off Lesion powered PowerHeart powerlessness PowerVision ultrasound system pox Pox Docs Poxviridae poxvirus PP PP-oma PPA ppb PPCA PPCF PPD PPD conversion PPD skin test PPD test PPE PPF PPHN PPi PPLO ppm PPMA PPN PPNG PPO PPPPPP PPR PPS ppt PPV Pr PR enzyme PRA practical anatomy practical nurse practice practice guideline practice guidelines			PPComp GCK Hungarian Lan PPCP PPCP PPCPP PPCPs PPCR PPCRA PPCRE PPCRF PPCRN PPCRP PPCRV PPCS PPCSE PPCT PPCTA PPCU PPCUG PPCV PPCVD PPCW PPCWC PPCZ PPD PPD PPD PPD PPD & ADD PPD conversion PPD file PPD skin test PPD test PPD test PPD test PPD tuberculin PPD tuberculin PPD tuberculin PPD-B PPD-M PPD2 PPDA PPDAC PPDB PPDBA PPDC PPDD PPDE PPDED PPDF PPDG PPDGC PPDH PPDHA PPDHLR PPDi PPDIOO PPDK

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