Not true about lepromine test is -: (A) Helps in classification of leprosy, (B) Negative in most of the child in 1st 6 month of life, (C) It is a diagnostic test, (D) BCG vaccination conves lepra reaction from negative to positive
Answer is C. Lepromin test is not a diagnostic test. The 2 drawbacks that stand in the way of this test being used for diagnosis are : Positive results in non cases Negetive results in lepromatous or near lepromatous cases Reference; Park&;s Textbook of preventive and social medicine, 24th edition.Pg no. 338