Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol | September-October 2009 | Vol 75 | Issue 5 of all routine investigations were within normal limits. Results of HIV antibody test and Mantoux test were negative. Collagen profile was within normal limits. Histological examination of the tissue from the lesion on the left side of nose showed multiple follicular and parakeratotic invaginations in the epidermis, a...

Four Asian patients presented with dysphagia. In each case the oesophagus was involved by adjacent tuberculous subcarinal glands. The lungs were clear and symptoms of systemic illness were minimal. Findings at oesophagoscopy were non-specific and early diagnosis rested on a high index of suspicion and a strongly positive Mantoux test. Bacteriological proof was obtained early in only two of the ...

The authors report a case of a 38-year-old HIV-positive woman, with subcutaneous nodules on the thoracic region with 3 months of evolution. Clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological features were evaluated and associated with apparent damage to the T11-T12 vertebrae, identification by imaging tests, positivity in a polymerase chain reaction-based test, and reactivity to the Mantoux tuberculin s...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is very rarely found in erythema induratum of Bazin; recently, we found an unusual case with positive acid-fast bacilli and polymerase chain reaction for detecting M. tuberculosis in both skin lesions of the extremities and the site of Mantoux test.

The Mantoux response was evaluated in 2 groups of patients with carcinoma. In 47 patients with primary carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract, breast, and prostate, the Mantoux responses were depressed before primary tumor resection, compared with 25 patients tested after resection and with 62 normal controls. Fifty-nine patients with bronchial carcinoma had normal or stronger reactions than c...

DESCRIPTION Tuberculin Purified Protein Derivative (Mantoux) TUBERSOL for intradermal (Mantoux) tuberculin testing is available in a stabilized solution bio-equivalent to 5 U.S. units (TU) PPD-S per test dose (0.1 mL). TUBERSOL is prepared by Aventis Pasteur Limited from a large Master Batch, Connaught Tuberculin (CT68) and is a cell-free purified protein fraction obtained from a human strain o...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the influence of needle gauge in Mantoux skin testing for tuberculosis. DESIGN Randomized selection of either a 27- or 30-gauge needle for Mantoux skin test placement; observer-blinded. SETTING Annual hospital employee screening. PARTICIPANTS Six hundred twenty-five employees working in clinical and laboratory research environments. RESULTS Blinded observers...