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Withdrawal of Kveim test

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  • the Kveim test is manufactured by the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research

  • last batch that is still within its shelf-life was manufactured from splenic material that had been donated in 1988. The manufacturer ran out of stock in September 1996 and none has been issued since

  • the Spongiform Encephalopathy Committee and the CSM have advised that if any future Kveim tests are manufactured, splenic donations from a patient from a country without evidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy should be used.

Reference:

  • CMO's Update 21 (February 1999).

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