All issues > Volume 36(4); 1993

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1993;36(4):537-542. Published online April 15, 1993.

Tuberculin Skin Test and Measles Vaccination

Mi Sung MS Chung¹, Young Mi YM Kim¹, Hyung Ja HJ Park¹, Shinna Sn Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Dong Bu City Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Although the incidence of tuberculosis in Korea in general has declined in recent years, it remains an important health problem, especially in children. Inspite of the recent controversy over the necessity of tuberculin skin test prior to measles vaccination, this brief report shows 13.8% of positive skin test at 9 and 15 months of age at the time of measles vaccination. We fell in Korea, practicing tuberculin skin test prior to measles vaccination is good way of detecting asymptomatic infection in young age who needs preventive therapy.

Keywords :Tuberculin Skin test, Measles vaccination