Definition of Mantoux test in English:
Mantoux test
nounˈmantuːˈmɒ̃tuːmanˈto͞o test
Medicine A test for immunity to tuberculosis using intradermal injection of tuberculin.
Example sentencesExamples
- The results of the Mantoux test may be falsely negative in severe malnutrition.
- The Mantoux test is the preferred tool to use for tuberculosis skin testing.
- Results of a Mantoux test and sputum test for acid-fast bacilli were negative.
- Physicians should read the Mantoux test at 48 to 72 hours after application because parents and other lay persons do not have the ability to read the test results accurately.
- The controls were selected from the medical outpatient department based on normal haemogram, normal liver and renal function tests, a normal chest radiograph and a negative Mantoux test.
Origin
1930s: named after Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), French physician.