单词 | histoplasmin |
释义 | histoplasminn. Medicine. A preparation of antigen from the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, used in skin testing for histoplasmosis which results from exposure to the fungus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > tests > [noun] > materials used in testing test-meal1891 mucicarmine1896 pastille1906 barium meal1913 barium enema1930 mecholyl1934 radioiodine1935 cardiolipin1942 histoplasmin1945 barium swallow1946 methacholine1948 radiotracer1949 piperoxan1950 radio pill1957 1945 A. Christie & J. C. Peterson in Amer. Jrnl. Public Health 35 1135/2 Histoplasmin is the term we used to designate the antigen we were using for skin testing. It is to be hoped that this natural term will be used for any antigen which may be found satisfactory for the purpose of skin testing in relation to histoplasmosis. 1964 B. D. Fallis Textbk. Pathol. ix. 242/1 Skin tests using histoplasmin (the counterpart of tuberculin) suggest that in endemic areas histoplasmosis is a common disease, which is not usually clinically apparent. 1988 Q. N. Myrvik & R. S. Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) xxvii. 393 Negative reactions in such cases may be specific for tuberculosis or may represent total anergy without response to any of the common skin test Ags, such as mumps and histoplasmin. 2007 Family Pract. News 15 Sept. 27 The histoplasmin skin test is the oldest form of diagnostic testing for histoplasmosis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1945 |
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