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Tuberculin Tine Test
Alternate Names : TB Tine
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What do Abnormal Results Mean?
An inflammation zone indicates the immune system recognizes the antigen, and your body has been exposed to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis at some point in your life. A positive TB tine test does not mean that you have active tuberculosis, only that your body has been exposed at some point. Once you have been exposed, all future TB tine tests will be positive.
If you have a positive TB tine test, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that you have a TB skin test, unless the first tine test had a blistering or very large reaction.
A chest X-ray may be taken to evaluate whether you have active tuberculosis.
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• Definition
• Why is the Test Performed?
• How is the Test Performed?
• How to Prepare for the Test?
• How will the Test Feel?
• Normal Values
• What do Abnormal Results Mean?
• Special Considerations
• Risks
• Pictures & Images
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Review Date : 11/10/2002
Reviewed By : Eleftherios Mylonakis, M.D., Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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