Purified Protein Derivative of Tuberculin

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  • PPD
German: Purified Protein Derivative of Tuberculin
Japanese: 精製ツベルクリンタンパク体

Biochemistry. A protein extracted from culture of tubercle bacilli (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). It is used in the tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.

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