What is a Tuberculin Test?
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It is usually referred to as a TB test. The doctor or nurse will prick you with a needle on the inside of your forearm, and blow a tiny bubble of air into the skin. After 48 hours, you go back and have them look at it. If its positive for TB, you will have to have an x-ray done. If you work with the public, children, elderly, the TB test will be required each year.
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Tuberculosis (TB), chronic or acute bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs, but which may also affect the kidneys, bones, lymph nodes, and brain. The disease is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a rod-shaped bacterium. Symptoms of TB include coughing, chest pain, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, chills, and fatigue. Children and people with weakened immune systems are the most susceptible to TB. Half of all untreated TB cases are fatal.\nMicrosoft ® Encarta ® Encyclopedia 2005 © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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TB is very contagious. It is spread by droplets. Meaning when someone coughs microscopic droplets hang in the air and you breath them in. You can get TB ANYWHERE!. The mall, in line at a store etc.\nSome people will have a positive skin reaction. But that does not mean that all the time that they have it. It is an indication that they were exposed. Once you test positive on your skin you go for a chest xray. and never have another skin test just a yearly chest xray to make sure you do not have active TB.\n\nAND NO YOU WILL NOT BE FIRED FROM YOUR JOB IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD\n\nYou will just have to take a six month course of medication.
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This is a type of tuberculosis in which the bacilli are spread by the blood from one point of infection, producing small tubercles in other parts of the body. You can read more about it here.\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000624.htm
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Yes! it's called a PCR  by RNA it requires freezing, this  test is also sometimes used to predict HIV
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According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, TB skin testing is safe during pregnancy and there is no reason to delay the test.\n\nhttp://www.med.umich.edu/ehs/tbfaq.htm\n\nTuberculin skin testing is considered valid and safe throughout pregnancy. However, testing with QuantiFERON®-TB and QuantiFERON®-TB Gold has not been evaluated for diagnosing M. tuberculosis infection in pregnant women.\n\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/250160.htm
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Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining is the key technique for diagnosis of mycobacterial infections; however, a high percentage of patients exhibit positive signs of tuberculosis, as indicated by pathology, culture of mycobacteria, and polymerase chain-reaction analysis, and yet show negative results on ZN staining.
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It's called a SEROLOGY.\n\nSerology is a blood test to detect the presence of antibodies of a certain disease or microorganisms.
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diagnostic test\n\nn : an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes
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What do you mean by "test tubing?"  Test tubes are used in many types of experiments.
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Depends on the test ur going for.\nHIV status is diagonised by either of the two tests,\n1.Antibody tests\n2.Antigen Tests\n\nAntibody Tests: For most people this test can be done anytime after 3-6 months from the date of risky exposure like the one u just mentioned.This test looks for the antibodies in blood that are produced in case HIV is transmitted. Name of tests: ELISA test,Westernblot test.\n\nAntigen Test:These tests are more sensitive than the antibody tests and test is done to look for the DNA of the HIV in blood.This test will show a result(+ or -) 72 hrs after risky exposure but is usually advisable to get tested 2 weeks after exposure.Name of Test:\nPro Viral HIV DNA PCR test.\nPlease note:\nThe A, B, C of HIV prevention are:\nA= Abstinence\nB= Being faithful to one single partner and\nC= Consistent and correct use of condoms.\n\nStay Safe.
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Once you've been tested, and test 'POS' (positive), you should never be re-tested. All future test results will be POS, which shows that you have the TB antibody in your system because you have been exposed to it already. You should get a chest x-ray right away! Consult a Doctor first, of course. Re-testing could lead to a 'super bug' strain, the same as abusing antibiotics for common Flu-like ailments.  Are you sure he has TB, where's the proof, where are you from, how old are you, and if you knew he was sick, why did you subject yourself to this disease?! Sounds kinda fishy to me; or are you ignorant! Believe me, sex ain't worth dying for! And neither is he if he doesn't care enough about himself or you, to put you in jeopardy! What city do you live in, let's all steer clear of that place! That's how epidemics get started!  Shame, shame on you both, may God have pity on your souls, AMEN!!!!!
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I'm not a Dr. but I believe that it is negative because is says no dna from the M.tuberculosis complex was detected.  The sensitivity tells that the test should detect it with a 95% accuracy. The note just tells which method of testing should be done.  At least that is what I would make out of it.  Why can't they just give a straight negative or positive.  It would make things much easier wouldn't it?
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two tests. one is a blood test. that tests for HIV and syphillis and the other is a cultures test which tests for all others.
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it is a drug used to treat Tuberculosis
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While less frequently diagnosed, Genital TB is cured the same way as pulmonary TB. In fact, since your particular form of TB is not pulmonary or related to the respiratory system, isolation is not necessary as there is no way for it to be transmitted through the air.\n\nGenerally TB is caused when an active, infectious pulmonary TB patients breathes the TB Germ into the air. Another person breathes the TB germ into their body and it becomes encapsulated in the lungs and inactive (TB infection). If the person is not tested (PPD or skin test) to detect the TB germ in their body and they never receive preventive treatment, over the course of their lifetime, the person may develop active TB.\n\nIf active TB develops, the most likely scenario is pulmonary TB, but TB can actually travel and affect any part of the body (and I have seen it).\n\nPreventive treatment is much preferable (one medication in most cases for 9 months) to full TB treatment ( 4 medications from 6-9 months depending on the susceptibility pattern of the TB germ). However, unfortunately many people do not complete a course of preventive treatment as inactive TB is generally asymptomatic, the person feels well and often does not feel the need to take medication.
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Any foreign body in the lungs virus, bacteria, food, dust, etc. is going to make you cough. This is the natural defense mechanism of the lungs. Generally, the primary symptoms of TB are significant weight loss, hemoptysis(coughing up blood), fever, and night sweats. TB can easily be diagnosed with a PPD skin test. TB is highly contagious so it needs to be treated immediately. \n\nHope this helps.