Rifampicin does not suppress the tuberculin reaction in man.

Author(s): Stanford CF, Bell A

Affiliation(s): Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.

Publication date & source: 1987-11, Eur J Respir Dis., 71(5):339-40.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial

Despite previous findings to the contrary in uncontrolled studies, we have found in a randomized trial that rifampicin does not suppress the tuberculin reaction in patients with tuberculosis.