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No association between tuberculin skin test and atopy in a bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccinated birth cohort
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 08/28/09

Eifan AO et al. – No significant association was found between TST reactivity and ever and current wheeze, doctor diagnosed asthma or atopic sensitization both at 2 and 5 yr of age. This prospectively designed birth cohort study did not confirm the previously suggested inverse correlation between TST reactivity and atopic sensitization or any allergic manifestations in Turkish children vaccinated with BCG at birth.

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