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Mantoux method
DEFINITION
It is the recommended technique to perform the purified protein derivative (PPD)-based tuberculin skin test (TST). It consists of the injection of 0.1 ml containing 5 tuberculin units (TU) of PPD intradermally into the volar or dorsal surface of the forearm.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Recommended TST method, performed by injecting 0.1 ml containing 5 tuberculin units (TU) of purified protein derivative (PPD) intradermally into the volar or dorsal surface of the forearm.
From: CDC
Year: 2006
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TERM 1
Skin test performed by intradermally injecting 0.1 mL of PPD tuberculin solution into the volar or dorsal surface of the forearm. This is the recommended method for tuberculin skin testing
From: CDC
Year: 2005
TERM 2
See Tuberculin skin test (TST)
From: WHO
Year: 2007
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