Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

DIPHTHERIA SCRATCH TEST

DIPHTHERIA SCRATCH TEST The scratch test for determining the susceptibility of a person to diphtheria differs from the well known Schick test1 in that the method is not intracutaneous but cutaneous. The test is therefore performed and read in the same manner as the Pirquet test for tuberculosis,2 except, of course, that diphtheria toxin instead of tuberculin is used. The work reported here was based on investigations carried out by Reh.3 So far as my knowledge goes, this test has not yet been introduced in this country. ADVANTAGES The technic is simple and easy to perform and is therefore especially suited to physicians not accustomed to doing routine intracutaneous testing. It does not require syringes and needles. It is less time consuming, particularly when a large number of persons are to be examined. It is less apt to frighten a nervous mother or child. There is little likelihood of producing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American journal of diseases of children American Medical Association

DIPHTHERIA SCRATCH TEST

Download PDF
6 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/diphtheria-scratch-test-EmhRsUwANA

References (2)

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1939 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0096-8994
eISSN
1538-3628
DOI
10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990030078008
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The scratch test for determining the susceptibility of a person to diphtheria differs from the well known Schick test1 in that the method is not intracutaneous but cutaneous. The test is therefore performed and read in the same manner as the Pirquet test for tuberculosis,2 except, of course, that diphtheria toxin instead of tuberculin is used. The work reported here was based on investigations carried out by Reh.3 So far as my knowledge goes, this test has not yet been introduced in this country. ADVANTAGES The technic is simple and easy to perform and is therefore especially suited to physicians not accustomed to doing routine intracutaneous testing. It does not require syringes and needles. It is less time consuming, particularly when a large number of persons are to be examined. It is less apt to frighten a nervous mother or child. There is little likelihood of producing

Journal

American journal of diseases of children – American Medical Association

Published: Mar 1, 1939

There are no references for this article.