نتایج جستجو برای: mantoux test
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BACKGROUND Studies of Tuberculosis (TB) case contacts are increasingly being utilised for understanding the relationship between M. tuberculosis and the human host and for assessing new interventions and diagnostic tests. We aimed to identify the incidence rate of new TB cases among TB contacts and to relate this to their initial Mantoux and ELISPOT test results. METHODS AND FINDINGS After in...
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis, being an infectious disease, carries a risk of infection to contacts attending tuberculous patients. This study was conducted to evaluate the risk for household contacts of tuberculous patients as compared to non-contacts. The study was conducted at PGMI, Gulab Devi Hospital and Defence Housing Authority Lahore. The study included 120 household contacts and 80 non-conta...
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is a global health emergency and is a big challenge to diagnose and manage it. Family physicians being first contact health persons should be well competent to diagnose and manage the patients with tuberculosis. AIMS This study was aimed to assess the level of understanding about Mantoux Test amongst Family Physicians in Karachi, Pakistan and to determine the differenc...
A 45-year-old patient from rural community presented with cough of three months associated with weight loss and excessive tiredness. He had no significant past medical history. On examination of the chest, coarse crepitations were heard on the right apical region. His haemoglobin is 9 gm%, total white is 10x109/L and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is 90 mm/hour. His chest radiograph s...
Tuberculosis is a common disease in India. Mantoux test is used in children for diagnosis of tuberculosis. Seibert first prepared the purified protein derivative (PPD) from heat-concentrated old tuberculin by precipitating protein initially with trichloroacetic acid(l). PPD when diluted is adsorbed by glass and plastic surfaces. To minimize this a small amount of detergent. Tween-80, is added t...
INTRODUCTION The tuberculin skin test is one of the most valuable tests for demonstrating tuberculous infection in both symptomatic and asymptomatic children. However, its application is often undermined by difficulties in interpretation of results arising from its low sensitivity and specificity. OBJECTIVES This review aimed to use the concept of induration distribution analysis to estimate ...
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