A TB skin test, also called a Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST), is usually well tolerated and rarely causes negative reactions, according to the CDC. The test has two parts: Part one ...

The tuberculin status of hospital populations has not been extensively studied. If a sufficient proportion of hospital patients are tuberculin negative, the tuberculin test can serve as an ...

Two had a negative tuberculin reaction shortly after vaccine administration, 1 (D.W.) a single negative test on the eighth day after administration of the vaccine, and the other (C.W.) two ...

If you have previously tested negative for TB, you should receive this test immediately and should have a follow-up test 8 to 10 weeks after your last known exposure. For consistency, all tests ...

A positive test without pulmonary symptoms and a negative chest x-ray implies latent TB. This form is not transmissible. In general it takes from eight to twelve weeks after exposure for a skin ...

TB rates remained static amongst HIV-negative gold miners, a population at high risk of the disease, during a period when TB prevalence generally has increased four-fold, according to investigators ...