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Tuberculosis Skin Test Interpretation

#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters #PPD
Tuberculosis Skin Test ... 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 ... Test) Result, Reading ... Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin ... #SkinTest #TST
Identify a Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test
#Diagnosis #Tuberculosis #LatentTB #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TST #Interpretation #Induration #Thresholds #Diameters
Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test ... 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 ... #Tuberculosis #Tuberculin ... #SkinTest #TSTs
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis

As shown in the graphic from our Primer, exposure to M. tuberculosis can
have negative tuberculin ... skin test (TST) ... Testing #Results #TST
Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
Tuberculin Skin ... Test Interpretation ... #Tuberculosis #Tuberculin ... #SkinTest #TST
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
has a positive TST ... to have their TST ... interpreted Tuberculin ... skin testing (TST ... False-negative TST
Tuberculosis Overview

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

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Latent TB: • Tuberculin ... skin test (TST) ... (IGRA) • PPD (TST ... and simultaneous TST ... latent TB with TST
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
leprae complex: • Tuberculoid ... leprosy (TT) and ... borderline tuberculoid ... Treatment Regimen: • Tuberculoid