described a patient with suspected hypertrophic pachymeningitis in the posterior fossa and cervical spine with a negative
Mantoux test, who presented with progressive vertigo tinnitus; numbness of body; and dysphagia with gait disturbances with left-sided VII, VIII, IX, and XII cranial nerve involvement, who subsequently developed respiratory arrest and quadriparesis.
Evaluating the concordance rate between
Mantoux test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold in 15 patients in which both data were available (8 CD, 7 UC), a concordance of 86.7% (13/15) was achieved.
Investigations such as chest X-ray, ESR,
Mantoux test, and sputum for AFB are mandatory in the diagnosis and the treatment of TB, especially the PTB, which is the most common form of TB that is frequently associated with various types of extrapulmonary TB.
(9) It is important to highlight that oral ulcers may present a similar picture, (10) requiring a diagnosis based on microscopic findings in addition to the
Mantoux test and baciloscopy.
Mantoux test and its interpretation, Ind Dermatol Online J 2012, 3:2-6.
Mantoux test demonstrated an induration of 24 mm at the end of 72 h (N < 10 mm).
Serum ceruloplasmin level was within normal limit (35.68 U/L) and
Mantoux test was negative.
Raised ESR, positive
mantoux test and histopathology are the main key diagnostic aids, but at times all these may be negative thus creating a doubt in the provisional diagnosis.
Also, 35(68.6%) study respondents clearly reported about the non-utility of
Mantoux test in initiation of TB treatment in adults.
The
Mantoux test reaction lags behind radiological findings.
The purified protein derivative test (
Mantoux test) showed normal reactivity with a 18mm in duration after 48 hours.