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Chapter 18, Problem 5MC
A positive tuberculin skin test indicates that a patient not immunized against tuberculosis _________.
- a. is free of tuberculosis
- b. is shedding Mycobacterium
- c. has been exposed to tuberculosis antigens
- d. is susceptible to tuberculosis
- e. is resistant to tuberculosis
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