MMR and tuberculin testing (Mantoux test)
MMR and tuberculin testing (Mantoux test)
- four weeks should be left between giving MMR vaccine and carrying out tuberculin testing
- measles vaccine component of MMR can reduce the delayed-type hypersensitivity response
- could give a false negative response to tuberculin testing
- measles vaccine component of MMR can reduce the delayed-type hypersensitivity response
Reference:
- (1) Immunisation Against Infectious Disease - "The Green Book".Chapter 21 Measles (April 2019)
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