Would You Be Able to Detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis?

Alexander Ross
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Would You Be Able to Detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis?

There are two kinds of tests that are used to detect TB bacteria in the body: the TB skin test

TB skin test
The Mantoux tuberculin skin test (TST) is one method of determining whether a person is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Reliable administration and reading of the TST requires standardization of procedures, training, supervision, and practice. ... The TST is an intradermal injection.
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(TST) and TB blood tests. A positive TB skin test or TB blood test only tells that a person has been infected with TB bacteria.

How are Mycobacterium detected?

Serological tests using different TB antigens to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are fast but lack the desired sensitivity. New methods have been developed, such as nucleic acid amplification technology which, although specific, can yield false-positive results. Immunologic tests (QuantiFERON and T-SPOT.

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What technique could be used to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

PCR amplification of mycobacterial DNA is a highly sensitive and specific technique to detect Tuberculosis. This also performs better than smear (which needs >10,000 bacilli/mL sample for detection) as well as culture method (which has restricted growth conditions).

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