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Pirquet Med.|ˈpɪəkeɪ|
The name of Baron C. P. Pirquet von Cesenatico (1874–1929), Viennese pædiatrician, used attrib. and † in the possessive to designate a skin test for tuberculosis that he devised in 1907.
1908Lancet 18 Apr. 1183/1 Pirquet's reaction sometimes showed itself five hours after the inoculation but as a rule, the effect was produced in 24 hours and lasted from four to six days. 1927E. R. Baldwin et al. Tuberculosis xii. 213 The von Pirquet scratch test is less delicate than the intracutaneous method and requires repetition to confirm a negative result. 1952B. R. Clarke Causes & Prevention of Tuberculosis ii. 14 The simplicity of the Pirquet test is an advantage in sparsely populated regions, only one reading being necessary before B.C.G. vaccination. 1970New Yorker 28 Nov. 44/1 Irochka had had a positive reaction to the Pirquet test and had been sent for an X-ray. |