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To the Editor: I was perturbed by the recommendation of Jasmer et al. (Dec. 5 issue)¹ that an asymptomatic, low risk, 27-year-old schoolteacher with a 17-mm induration on intradermal tuberculin skin test "should not be treated." The authors state, "One cannot conclude that she has had recent tuberculin conversion, because she has not had a negative tuberculin test within the past two years." In fact, one might take the opposite tack and state that one cannot conclude that she did not have a tuberculin conversion during the previous two years in the absence of a prior negative tuberculin test. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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