trichophytin test

trichophytin test
(for Trichophyton infection) a type of intradermal test in which trichophytin (a broth filtrate of the fungus) is injected into an infected person; if a reaction similar to the tuberculin reaction is produced, the patient is having a cell-mediated hypersensitivity reaction.

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