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It is often called a tuberculin skin test, or a Mantoux test.
Tuberculin skin test.
It is the Purified Protein Derivative tuberculin skin test.
Other names for a tuberculin skin test. PPD stands for purified protein derivative.
The only thing I've heard the skin test for tuberculosis called is the tuberculin skin test.
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If you mean getting a TB Test, then it is intradermal (ID) which means between the layers of the skin.
'Intradermal' means inside the skin. 'Intra' ; inside 'dermal' ; skin. So the tester is taking a sample from under the surface of the skin to test for tuberculosis (TB).
Mantoux is pronounced as "mahn-too." It is a term commonly used when referring to the Mantoux tuberculin skin test, which is a test to check for tuberculosis infection.