'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
A 'Flame Test' to test for which metal cation is present. Another is a precipitation test .
The answer is Yes, only if this is in reference to a selective and/or differential medium. Specificity is the ability of the test to identify negative results while sensitivity is the ability of a test to detect positive results. So, if taking out the NaCl effects your ability to interpret your data results then it in someway has effected your sensitivity and specificity.
paper bag test
The Ehrlich test is used to determine indoles.
An MCH test is called a Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin test. This test is to determine the average weight of hemoglobin that is present inside a red blood cell.
Mantoux test
If you mean getting a TB Test, then it is intradermal (ID) which means between the layers of the skin.
The only thing I've heard the skin test for tuberculosis called is the tuberculin skin test.
Intradermal testing involves directly injecting allergen solutions into the skin
It is often called a tuberculin skin test, or a Mantoux test.
The MANTOUX test is an intradermal test performed using a sterile, disposable multiple-puncture lancet.
Tuberculin skin test.
It is the Purified Protein Derivative tuberculin skin test.
The small points of the instrument are either coated with dried tuberculin or are used to puncture through a film of liquid tuberculin. The test is read by measuring the size of the largest papule.
Other names for a tuberculin skin test. PPD stands for purified protein derivative.
If you develop a a red bumpy wheal that passes out the baseline circle you made after intradermal injection within 30 minutes then you are positive for an allergy.
A sensitivity test, also called antibiotic susceptibility test