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PPD test

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Mantoux or PPD test
Other names for a tuberculin skin test. PPD stands for purified protein derivative.
Mentioned in: Tuberculin Skin Test


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Our findings underscore the importance of maintaining a high degree of clinical suspicion of tuberculosis in patients with chronic otitis media, particularly those whose PPD test is positive.
The patient indicated that she always tested positive on a PPD test and that chest x-rays had been needed in the past to determine the activity status of the dormant TB to which she had been exposed during employment.
Furthermore, 21st century TB control efforts continue to rely on the 19th-century PPD test and the insensitive sputum AFB smear.
 
 
 
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