A 19 year old woman from Aiea was skin tested with tuberculin. Within two hours the test site became red and swollen with some edema. The reaction reached a maximum within 6 hours and then subsided. The woman appeared healthy expect fro some lung congestion. This young woman had be born in the philipines and live there until she was 10 years old.
A. this sounds like a typical delayed hypersensitivity reaction
b. Given her origin, it is likely this woman has be vaccinated with BCG and this is a positive tuberculin skin test from that vaccination
c. The timing of the response is wrong so this appears to be a negative tuberculin test.
d. this person is actively infected with TB
e. none of the above