Aim of the Work: To study the possible relationship between severity of tuberculin skin test
reaction and serum albumin level in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis.
Subjects and Methods: 40 patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis just before initiation of
treatment, that were selected from chest outpatient clinic, Benha university hospital, they were
classified into:Group A included twenty patients with serum albumin level below 3.5g/c11. This group
included 17 males (85%) and 3 females (15%) with their ages ranging from 23 to 70 years. And Group
B included twenty patients with serum albumin level 3.5g/d1. this group included 16 males (80%) and
4 females (20%) with their ages ranging from 15 to 68 years. . The patients were subjected for full
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