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Diagnosis of Tubercular Lymphadenopathy by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology, Acid-Fast Staining and Mantoux Test [PDF]
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2009 Introduction: This study was undertaken to evaluate the role of Ziehl-Neelsen stain (for acid-fast bacilli), and Mantoux test in diagnosing tubercular lymphadenopathy on FNAC.
Mamta Lakhey, C P Bhatta, S Mishra
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Demystifying the role of the Mantoux test in ocular tuberculosis
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research, 2023 Context: The diagnosis and management of ocular tuberculosis (OTB) is largely a mystery, and the fact that it is a great imitator of various ocular pathologies adds to the difficulty in the diagnosis of patients. Aims: The aim of this study was to assess
Mayur R Moreker +5 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the main causes of mortality among infectious diseases. The prevalence of tuberculosis is very high in developing countries such as India.
Sameer Singh Faujdar +5 more
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Comparison of mantoux and tine tuberculin skin tests in BCG-vaccinated children investigated for tuberculosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND:Tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) are long-established screening methods for tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to compare agreement between the intradermal Mantoux and multipuncture percutaneous Tine methods and to quantify risk factors for a positive ...
Wenli Pan +7 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Aim Until now, the performance of interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) and Mantoux tests remains unclear in infant tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Therefore, a systematic review is performed to evaluate the sensitivity of IGRA and Mantoux tests for the ...
Yan-Hua Yang +4 more
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Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2022 The objective: to evaluate effectiveness of mass screening for tuberculosis infection in children aged 1 to 7 years in different periods – before and after the use of tuberculosis recombinant allergen skin test (TRA) in primary health care as an ...
L. V. Slogotskaya +3 more
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Mantoux test and its interpretation
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2012 The tuberculin skin test is one of the few investigations dating from the 19 th century that are still widely used as an important test for diagnosing tuberculosis.
Surajit Nayak, Basanti Acharjya
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Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2021 The objective of the study: to compare two approaches to mass screening for tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents in Moscow.Subjects and methods. Two periods have been assessed. Period 1 (2014), when a pilot screening project was implemented
L. V. Slogotskaya +3 more
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DETECTION AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2017 According to the data of screening with tuberculous recombinant allergen (Diaskintest), 2.2% of children and adolescents in 29 regions of the Russian Federation in 2012-2013 (n = 810,107) belonged to the group facing a higher risk to develop tuberculosis.
L. A. BАRYSHNIKOVА +2 more
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Evaluation of Interferon Gamma Release Assay in the Diagnosis of Active and Latent Tuberculosis among Patients and Contacts [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2021 Background and study aim: To date, tuberculosis (TB) is a global health emerging disease. Early detection of TB infection is critical to start therapy and stop increasing the prevalence of TB cases.
Heba Selim, Yousra El-Maradny
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