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preventive therapy
Treatment of latent TB infection used to prevent the progression of latent infection to clinically active disease. Purified protein derivative (PPD)-tuberculin A purified tuberculin preparation that was developed in the 1930s and that was derived from old tuberculin. The standard Mantoux test uses 0.1 mL of PPD standardized to 5 tuberculin units.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Health care
- Category: Tuberculosis
- Company: U.S. CDC
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