Abstract
IN two previous reports1 , 2 results suggested that infection with one of the so-called anonymous, atypical or unclassified mycobacteria might be the causative agent of a positive tuberculin reaction. One of these studies suggested the frequent occurrence of such infection in children. Both studies were conducted among patients of low socioeconomic status, primarily Negroes.The present study was undertaken among patients of a middle or upper socioeconomic stratum, and all the patients were white. In contrast to the previous groups, all of whom were tuberculin positive, patients in the present group were those encountered in routine pediatric practice, in which each . . .
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