Mantoux screening Test
Mantoux screening Test
what is the mantoux screening test/ pirquet test?
The Mantoux test or Pirquet test or PPD test for purified protein derivative is a skin test that is used to diagnosis if someone has tuberculosis. The basis of the reading of this test is to identify the presence or absence of the amount of induration (localised swelling). It is used to determine if someone has developed an immune response to the bacteria that causes TB. The test is based on the fact that the bacteria which causes Tuberculosis, i.e. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis produced a delayed hypersensitivity skin reaction to the pirquet test to certain components of the bacterium
A Tb Mantoux test results may sometimes be negative, but that does not always mean that a person is free of tuberculosis. This is mainly because sometimes if a person is exposed to the bacteria, there is an incubation period of two to twelve weeks for the PPD test to be positive.
why do i need this test?
A Mantoux test is a skin test that is used to detect infection by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB). It is used to determine any immune response in the skin, by any individual who could have been or is being exposed to the bacteria.
If you are experience one or many of the below-mentioned symptoms, you have to take the Pirquet test to determine if you are positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
1. Night Sweats
2. Inexplicable weight loss
3. Fatigue
4. Fever
5. Chills
6. Loss of appetite
7. Prolonged and persistent cough
8. Blood in sputum
9. Painful breathing
10. Painful coughing
When tuberculosis is severe, it spreads to the lungs, and you can see the following Manquet test positive symptoms
1. Chest pain
2. Coughing blood
3. Prolonged cough for more than three weeks
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