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to fight it off, the skin around the injection will become red and swollen, indicating a positive result. This swelling disappears after a few days. If the person has an immunity, then little or no swelling and redness will occur, indicating a negative result.
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Combined reaction: Initial picture is like that of the pseudo-reaction but the erythema fades off after four days only in the control arm. It progresses on the test arm to a typical positive. The subject is interpreted to be both susceptible and
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Positive: when the test results in a wheal of 5–10 mm diameter, reaching its peak in four to seven days. The control arm shows no reaction. This indicates that the subject lacks antibodies against the toxin and hence is susceptible to the
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is injected intradermally into one arm of the person and a heat inactivated toxin on the other as a control. If a person does not have enough
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The test was created when immunizing agents were scarce and not very safe; however, as newer and safer
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Kilduffe R (1922). "The Schick Test and Its Practical Application in the Control of Diphtheria".
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The test is a simple procedure. A small amount (0.1 ml) of diluted (1/50
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A boy receives an injection of diluted toxin for the Schick test in 1915.
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became available, susceptibility tests were no longer required.
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Pseudo-positive: when there is only a red-colored inflammation (
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used to determine whether or not a person is susceptible to
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Preventive and Social Medicine, Park 22nd edition, pg 151
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Negative reaction: Indicates that the person is immune.
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diphtheria

skin test
diphtheria
Béla Schick
MLD
diphtheria toxin
antibodies
erythema
toxoids
"United States standard diphtheria toxin for the Schick text and the erythema potency assay for the Schick text dose"
doi
10.1128/IAI.4.3.295-306.1971
PMC
416303
PMID
4949493
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t
e
Medical tests
immunology
CPT
Immunoprecipitation
Chromatin immunoprecipitation
Immunodiffusion
Ouchterlony double immunodiffusion
Radial immunodiffusion
Immunoelectrophoresis

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