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Mantoux test
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Mantoux test

In medicine, test used to diagnose tuberculosis. A small dose of tuberculin, a product obtained from killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells, is injected into the superficial layers of the skin. Reddening and inflammation of the skin will occur if the individual has been exposed to M. tuberculosis. This reaction does not confirm that the individual is suffering from active tuberculosis.
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Scientific surveys -- based on tuberculin skin test -- have shown that nearly one third of the global population is latently infected with the tuberculosis germ -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb).
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Prior to the initiation of infliximab, he had had a normal chest radiography and physical examination, but the tuberculin skin test (TST) had not been performed.
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The diagnosis is made by a positive tuberculin skin test (Mantoux test), sputum examination for tubercle bacilli (acid fast bacilli), high ESR (blood test), and X-ray of the lungs which shows opacities or cavities (shadows) at the apex or elsewhere.
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