The Tuberculin Skin Test, Or Ppd Test, Is Based On Which Of The Following?

Immunological method to exam for tuberculosis

Mantoux exam
The Mantoux pare test consists of an intradermal injection of 1-tenth of a milliliter (ml) of PPD tuberculin. The round shape is known as a wheal response.
Synonyms	Mantoux screening test
Purpose	screen for tuberculosis

The Mantoux test or Mendel–Mantoux test (also known as the Mantoux screening test, tuberculin sensitivity test, Pirquet test, or PPD test for purified protein derivative) is a tool for screening for tuberculosis (TB) and for tuberculosis diagnosis. It is one of the major tuberculin skin tests used around the world, largely replacing multiple-puncture tests such as the tine examination. The Heaf test, a form of tine test, was used until 2005 in the UK, when it was replaced by the Mantoux exam. The Mantoux test is endorsed past the American Thoracic Society and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information technology was as well used in the USSR and is at present prevalent in most of the mail service-Soviet states.

History [edit]

The size of induration is measured 48–72 hours later. Erythema (redness) should not be measured.

Mantoux test injection site in a subject without chronic weather condition or in a high-risk group clinically diagnosed as negative at 50 hours

Tuberculin is a glycerol extract of the tubercle bacillus. Purified protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin is a precipitate of species-nonspecific molecules obtained from filtrates of sterilized, full-bodied cultures. The tuberculin reaction was first described by Robert Koch in 1890. The examination was first developed and described past the German physician Felix Mendel in 1908.^[one] It is named after Charles Mantoux, a French physician who built on the work of Koch and Clemens von Pirquet to create his exam in 1907. Notwithstanding, the exam was unreliable due to impurities in tuberculin which tended to cause false results.^[two]

Esmond R. Long and Florence B. Seibert identified the active amanuensis in tuberculin as a protein. Seibert and then spent a number of years developing methods for separating and purifying the protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, obtaining purified protein derivative (PPD) and enabling the creation of a reliable exam for tuberculosis.^[2] Her starting time publication on the purification of tuberculin appeared in 1934.^[3] By the 1940s, Seibert's PPD was the international standard for tuberculin tests.^[4] In 1939, M. A. Linnikova in the USSR created a modified version of PPD. In 1954, the Soviet Matrimony started mass production of PPD-50, named later on Linnikova.^{[5] [half-dozen]}

Procedure [edit]

In the Mantoux test, a standard dose of 5 tuberculin units (TU - 0.i ml), according to the CDC,^[7] or two TU of Statens Serum Institute (SSI) tuberculin RT23 in 0.one ml solution, according to the National Health Service,^[8] is injected intradermally (between the layers of dermis) on the flexor surface of the left forearm, mid-style between elbow and wrist. The injection should exist made with a tuberculin syringe, with the needle bevel facing upward. Alternatively, the probe tin exist administered past a needle-free jet injector. When placed correctly, injection should produce a stake wheal of the skin, 6 to 10 mm in diameter. The result of the test is read later 48–96 hours but 72 hours (3rd day) is the ideal. This intradermal injection is termed the Mantoux technique. A person who has been exposed to the bacteria is expected to mount an immune response in the skin containing the bacterial proteins. The response is a classical example of delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction (DTH), a type IV of hypersensitivities. T cells and myeloid cells are attracted to the site of reaction in the timeframe of i–three days and generate local inflammation. The reaction is read by measuring the diameter of induration (palpable raised, hardened area) across the forearm (perpendicular to the long axis) in millimeters. If there is no induration, the result should be recorded as "0 mm". Erythema (redness) should non be measured.^{[ citation needed ]} In the Pirquet version of the test tuberculin is applied to the skin via scarification.^[9]

Nomenclature of tuberculin reaction [edit]

The results of this exam must be interpreted advisedly. The person's medical risk factors determine at which increment (v mm, 10 mm, or 15 mm) of induration the result is considered positive.^[10] A positive result indicates TB exposure.

• five mm or more is positive in
  • An HIV-positive person
  • Persons with contempo contacts with a TB patient
  • Persons with nodular or fibrotic changes on chest Ten-ray consistent with old healed TB
  • Patients with organ transplants, and other immunosuppressed patients
• x mm or more is positive in
  • Recent arrivals (less than five years) from high-prevalence countries
  • Injection drug users
  • Residents and employees of high-take chances congregate settings (e.g., prisons, nursing homes, hospitals, homeless shelters, etc.)
  • Mycobacteriology lab personnel
  • Persons with clinical conditions that place them at high risk (e.1000., diabetes, prolonged corticosteroid therapy, leukemia, end-stage renal illness, chronic malabsorption syndromes, depression body weight, etc.)
  • Children less than four years of historic period, or children and adolescents exposed to adults in high-gamble categories
• 15 mm or more than is positive in
  • Persons with no known run a risk factors for TB^[11]

A tuberculin test conversion is defined as an increment of ten mm or more than inside a 2-year period, regardless of age. Alternative criteria include increases of 6, 12, xv or xviii mm.^[12]

Fake positive issue [edit]

TST (tuberculin skin test) positive is measured by size of induration. The size of the induration considered to be a positive effect depends on risk factors. For instance, a depression-adventure patient must take a larger induration for a positive consequence than a high-chance patient. High-take chances groups include recent contacts, those with HIV, those with chest radiograph with fibrotic changes, organ transplant recipients, and those with immunosuppression.

According to the Ohio Department of Health and Usa Department of Health, the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine does not protect against TB infection. It does, though, give 80% of children protection against tuberculous meningitis and miliary tuberculosis. Therefore, a positive TST/PPD in a person who has received BCG vaccine is interpreted as latent TB infection (LTBI).^[xiii] Due to the examination's low specificity, near positive reactions in low-risk individuals are simulated positives.^[14] A false positive result may exist caused past nontuberculous mycobacteria or previous administration of BCG vaccine. Vaccination with BCG may result in a false-positive result for many years after vaccination.^[fifteen]

Faux positives tin also occur when the injected surface area is touched, causing swelling and itching. If the swelling is less than 5 mm, it is peradventure due to error by the healthcare personnel causing inflammation to the area.

Another source of false positive results can exist allergic reaction or hypersensitivity. Although rare, (almost 0.08 reported reactions per one thousand thousand doses of tuberculin), these reactions can be dangerous and precautions should be taken by having epinephrin available.^[xvi]

Fake negative result [edit]

Reaction to the PPD or tuberculin examination is suppressed by the following conditions:

• Recent TB infection (less than 8–x weeks)
• Infectious mononucleosis
• Live virus vaccine - The exam should non be carried out within 3 weeks of live virus vaccination (east. g. MMR vaccine or Sabin vaccine).
• Sarcoidosis
• Hodgkin'south disease
• Corticosteroid therapy/steroid use
• Malnutrition
• Immunological compromise - Those on immuno-suppressive treatment or those with HIV and low CD4 T cell counts, ofttimes show negative results from the PPD examination.^{[ citation needed ]}

This is considering the allowed system needs to be functional to mount a response to the protein derivative injected under the skin. A false negative consequence may occur in a person who has been recently infected with TB, just whose immune system hasn't yet reacted to the bacteria.

• Upper respiratory virus infection

In instance a second tuberculin examination is necessary it should be carried out in the other arm to avoid hypersensitising the skin.

BCG vaccine and the Mantoux test [edit]

The role of Mantoux testing in people who accept been vaccinated is disputed. The US recommends that tuberculin skin testing is not contraindicated for BCG-vaccinated persons, and prior BCG vaccination should not influence the interpretation of the test. The UK recommends that interferon-γ testing should exist used to help interpret positive Mantoux tests of over 5mm,^[17] and repeated tuberculin skin testing must not be done in people who take had BCG vaccinations. In general, the U.s.a. recommendation may result in a larger number of people beingness falsely diagnosed with latent tuberculosis, while the UK approach has an increased chance of missing patients with latent tuberculosis who should exist treated.^{[ citation needed ]}

Co-ordinate to the US guidelines, latent tuberculosis infection diagnosis and treatment is considered for any BCG-vaccinated person whose skin test is 10 mm or greater, if any of these circumstances are present:

• Was in contact with another person with infectious TB
• Was born or has lived in a loftier TB prevalence land
• Is continually exposed to populations where TB prevalence is high

Anergy testing [edit]

In cases of anergy, a lack of reaction by the body's defence mechanisms when it comes into contact with foreign substances, the tuberculin reaction will occur weakly, thus compromising the value of Mantoux testing. For example, anergy is nowadays in AIDS, a disease which strongly depresses the immune system. Therefore, anergy testing is advised in cases where at that place is suspicion that anergy is present. However, routine anergy skin testing is not recommended.^[18]

Two-footstep testing [edit]

Some people who accept been infected with TB may have a negative reaction when tested years later on infection, every bit the immune arrangement response may gradually wane. This initial skin test, though negative, may stimulate (boost) the torso's ability to react to tuberculin in hereafter tests. Thus, a positive reaction to a subsequent test may be misinterpreted as a new infection, when in fact it is the event of the additional reaction to an old infection.^[19]

Use of two-step testing is recommended for initial skin testing of adults who will exist retested periodically (e.grand., health care workers). This ensures any future positive tests can be interpreted every bit existence caused by a new infection, rather than simply a reaction to an quondam infection.

• The first test is read 48–72 hours afterward injection.
  • If the get-go test is positive, consider the person infected.
  • If the first test is negative, give a second test i to three weeks after the get-go injection.
• The second exam is read 48–72 hours subsequently injection.
  • If the 2nd exam is positive, consider the person infected in the distant by ^[20]
  • If the second test is negative, consider the person uninfected.^[21]

A person who is diagnosed as "infected in the distant by" on ii-pace testing is called a "tuberculin reactor".

The Us recommendation that prior BCG vaccination exist ignored results in most universal false diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in people who have had BCG (mostly foreign nationals).

The latest interpretation for Mantoux examination results [edit]

Co-ordinate to the guidelines published by Centers for Affliction Control and Prevention in 2005, the results are re-categorized into 3 parts based on their previous or baseline outcomes:

• Baseline test: ≥10 mm is positive (either get-go or second pace); 0 to 9 mm is negative
• Serial testing without known exposure: Increase of ≥10 mm is positive
• Known exposure:
  • ≥5 mm is positive in patients with baseline of 0 mm
  • ≥10 mm is positive in patients with negative baseline or previous screening event of >0 mm

Recent developments [edit]

In addition to tuberculin skin tests such as (principally) the Mantoux examination, interferon gamma release assays (IGRAs) have get mutual in clinical utilize in the 2010s. In some contexts they are used instead of TSTs, whereas in other contexts TSTs and IGRAs both continue to be useful.^[22]

The QuantiFERON-TB Golden blood exam measures the patient's immune reactivity to the TB bacterium, and is useful for initial and serial testing of persons with an increased risk of latent or active tuberculosis infection. Guidelines for its use were released by the CDC in December 2005.^[23] QuantiFERON-TB Gold is FDA-approved in the United states of america, has CE Mark blessing in Europe and has been approved by the MHLW in Japan. The interferon gamma release assay is the preferred method for patients who have had immunosuppression and are about to starting time biological therapies.^[24]

T-SPOT.TB is another IGRA; it uses the ELISPOT method.

Heaf test [edit]

The Heaf tuberculin skin exam was used in the United Kingdom, just discontinued in 2005. The equivalent Mantoux exam positive levels done with 10 TU (0.1 ml at 100 TU/ml, 1:1000) are^{[ citation needed ]}

• <5 mm induration (Heaf 0–ane)
• five–15 mm induration (Heaf 2)
• >15 mm induration (Heaf three–four)

Meet too [edit]

• Tuberculosis
• Latent tuberculosis
• QuantiFERON
• Geronimo (alpaca)
• Shambo
• Tine exam

References [edit]

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