Calmette test


Cal·mette test

(kahl-met'), conjunctival reaction to tuberculin.

Wolff-Calmette reaction

An obsolete, imprecise and painful test for tuberculosis, which consisted of instillatilling tuberculin in the conjunctival sac.

Calmette,

Leon Charles Albert, French bacteriologist, 1863-1933. Bacille bilié de Calmette-Guérin - an attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy. Synonym(s): Bacille Calmette-Guérin; Calmette-Guérin bacillusBacille Calmette-Guérin - Synonym(s): Bacille bilié de Calmette-Guérinbacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine - a vaccine for tuberculosis prophylaxis. Synonym(s): BCG vaccineCalmette test - conjunctival reaction to tuberculin.Calmette-Guérin bacillus - Synonym(s): Bacille bilié de Calmette-GuérinCalmette-Guérin vaccine - Synonym(s): bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine