Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

UTILITY OF MANTOUX TEST IN DIAGNOSING TUBERCULOSIS.

Hafiz Deshmukh, Ashish Kendre, Ashish Deshmukh, Sunil Jadhav, Shivprasad Kasat

Abstract :

Objective: To study utility of Mantoux test as a diagnostic tool, in patients getting registered under RNTCP in pulmonary and extrapulmoary tuberculosis Methods: 50 patients who were getting registered under RNTCP centre in the institute of MGM medical college, Aurangabad for pulmonary and extrapulmoary tuberculosis treatment were recruited in the study. Clinical examination, AFB smears, Mantoux test and CBNAAT (wherever required) were warranted in the study. Results: Out of all pulmonary and extrapulmoary tuberculosis among 50 patients, 39 patients were found to have Mantoux positive. Among 23 sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients, 15 patients were found to have Mantoux test positive, and the remaining 10 were Mantoux negative. 2 patients who were diagnosed to have pulmonary tuberculosis on the basis of chest radiograph findings and clinical examination were Mantoux positive. Out of 12 tubercular pleural effusion patients, 9 patients were found to have Mantoux test positive and remaining 3 patients have Mantoux negative. Among 9 cervical tubercular lymphadenitis patients, 8 patients were found to have Mantoux positive and remaining 1 patient was Mantoux negative. Out of 3 patients of abdominal tuberculosis, 2 patients were found to have Mantoux positive and 1 patient was Mantoux negative. One patient of TB spine was included in the study was found to have Mantoux positive. Conclusion: Despite advances in diagnosis of tuberculosis with newer forms of diagnostic modalities (such as CBNAAT, TB–PCR), Mantoux test still plays an important role in diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Keywords :

Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

Cite This Article:

UTILITY OF MANTOUX TEST IN DIAGNOSING TUBERCULOSIS., Hafiz Deshmukh, Ashish Kendre, Ashish Deshmukh, Sunil Jadhav, Shivprasad Kasat INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

Number of Downloads : 175

References :