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Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin ... • Abnormal CXR ... consistent with old TB ... individuals #Tuberculosis ... #TST #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
: • Tuberculin ... skin test (TST) ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... with TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
: • Tuberculin ... skin test (TST) ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... with TST or IGRA
Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters
Identify a Positive Tuberculosis ... (TB) Skin Test ... #Diagnosis #Tuberculosis ... #LatentTB #Tuberculin ... #SkinTest #TST
Tuberculosis Skin Test Interpretation

#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters #PPD
Tuberculosis Skin ... Test Interpretation ... #Diagnosis #Tuberculosis ... #LatentTB #Tuberculin ... #SkinTest #TST
Tuberculin Skin Test (Positive Mantoux Test) Result, Reading and Interpretation

#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation
Tuberculin Skin ... Test (Positive Mantoux ... #Diagnosis #Tuberculosis ... #LatentTB #Tuberculin ... #SkinTest #TST
Causes of False-Positive and False-Negative IGRA and TST Results

#Diagnosis #TB #Tuberculosis #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives
False-Negative IGRA and TST ... #Diagnosis #TB ... #Tuberculosis # ... Tuberculin #SkinTest ... #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
LATENT TB • ... has a positive TST ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... to have their TST ... interpreted Tuberculin
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis ... exposure to M. tuberculosis ... have negative tuberculin ... skin test (TST) ... Testing #Results #TST
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Tuberculous Pleural ... amplification test ... #Tuberculous #Pleural ... #Effusions #TB ... #Tuberculosis #Laboratory