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Mantoux Test
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Mantoux test [man′tü ‚test]
(immunology)
An intradermal test for tuberculin sensitivity, that is, for past or present infection with tubercle bacilli.

Mantoux Test 

tuberculin test: an allergic diagnostic test.

The Mantoux test, which is more sensitive than Pirquet’s reaction, was developed by the French scientist C. Mantoux in 1908. It is performed intracutaneously on the shoulder or forearm. A positive reaction indicates an allergic state as a result of contact with the causative agent of tuberculosis.



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Our findings underscore the importance of maintaining a high degree of clinical suspicion of tuberculosis in patients with chronic otitis media, particularly those whose PPD test is positive.
The patient indicated that she always tested positive on a PPD test and that chest x-rays had been needed in the past to determine the activity status of the dormant TB to which she had been exposed during employment.
Furthermore, 21st century TB control efforts continue to rely on the 19th-century PPD test and the insensitive sputum AFB smear.
 
 
 
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