RESPIRATORY
OLD TUBERCULOSIS
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As a medicine to cure Anthrax
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As a medicine to cure Tuberculosis
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As a test to diagnose Tuberculosis
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As a medicine to ease the symptoms of Tuberculosis
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As a test to diagnose Pneumonia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tuberculin skin tests (TST) are administered to detect the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). The terms Mantoux, TB skin test, tuberculin skin test, and PPDs are often used interchangeably. Mantoux refers to the technique for administering the test.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are two kinds of tests used to detect TB bacteria in the body: the TB skin test (TST) and TB blood tests. A positive TB skin test or TB blood test only tells that a person has been infected with TB bacteria. It does not tell whether the person has latent TB infection (LTBI) or has progressed to TB disease.
Detailed explanation-3: -A TB skin test ("Mantoux") can show if you have latent TB infection. You could have latent TB infection if you have ever spent time close to someone with active TB disease (even if you didn’t know they were sick).
Detailed explanation-4: -General principles-The TST consists of intradermal injection of tuberculin material, which stimulates a delayed-type hypersensitivity response mediated by T lymphocytes and, in patients with prior mycobacterial exposure, causes induration at the injection site within 48 to 72 hours.