In reviewing nursing home residents' tuberculin tests, a nurse should keep in mind that, in older adults, the results of such skin tests may be altered by which of the following?
A) Patients' increased exposure to antigens in an institutional setting.
B) The delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity response.
C) Improvement in the ability of monocytes to kill bacteria.
D) Increased neutrophil antibacterial activity.
B
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The inability of many older adults to raise a delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity response can alter the results of skin tests.
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