What is the Mantoux test?
Oct 21, 2022 ·
1m 20s
Download and listen anywhere
Download your favorite episodes and enjoy them, wherever you are! Sign up or log in now to access offline listening.
Description
Mantoux test From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search The Mantoux test is a test developed to detect tuberculosis. In the year 1890, Robert Koch...
show more
Mantoux test
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
The Mantoux test is a test developed to detect tuberculosis. In the year 1890, Robert Koch developed tuberculin, as a treatment for tuberculosis. The substance proved ineffective to treat the disease, today it is commonly used to detect it, though. Tuberculin is a substance based on the pathogen that causes tuberculosis. Charles Mantoux, a French physician, developed a test method, based on the work of Koch.
A positive test result simply says that the immune system came in contact with Mycobacteria - this does not necessarily mean that people with a positive test result have been infected with tuberculosis. Such a result, which shows as positive, even though the outcome should be negative is called false positive.
The test shows the reaction of the immune system to tuberculin. This requires an intact immune system: People whose immune system is weakened, for example those with a HIV infection, may also show a false negative: Their immune system may simply be too weak to react. Similarly, the use of certain substances, such as steroids may lead to false negatives.
Mantoux test. (2013, March 12). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:34, October 17, 2022 from https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mantoux_test&oldid=4291395.
show less
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
The Mantoux test is a test developed to detect tuberculosis. In the year 1890, Robert Koch developed tuberculin, as a treatment for tuberculosis. The substance proved ineffective to treat the disease, today it is commonly used to detect it, though. Tuberculin is a substance based on the pathogen that causes tuberculosis. Charles Mantoux, a French physician, developed a test method, based on the work of Koch.
A positive test result simply says that the immune system came in contact with Mycobacteria - this does not necessarily mean that people with a positive test result have been infected with tuberculosis. Such a result, which shows as positive, even though the outcome should be negative is called false positive.
The test shows the reaction of the immune system to tuberculin. This requires an intact immune system: People whose immune system is weakened, for example those with a HIV infection, may also show a false negative: Their immune system may simply be too weak to react. Similarly, the use of certain substances, such as steroids may lead to false negatives.
Mantoux test. (2013, March 12). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:34, October 17, 2022 from https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mantoux_test&oldid=4291395.
Information
| Author | Miranda Casturo |
| Organization | Miranda Casturo |
| Website | - |
| Tags |
Copyright 2024 - Spreaker Inc. an iHeartMedia Company
Comments