Heaf test — The Heaf test is a diagnostic skin test performed in order to determine whether or not a child has been exposed to tuberculosis. Patients who exhibit a negative reaction to the test may be offered BCG vaccination. The test is named after F. R. G … Wikipedia
Heaf test — a skin test to determine whether or not an individual is immune to tuberculosis, carried out prior to vaccination. A spring loaded gun mounted with very short needles produces a circle of six punctures in the forearm through which tuberculin is… … The new mediacal dictionary
Heaf test — A commonly used tuberculin test in which tuberculin is injected intradermally with a multiple puncture apparatus. A positive reaction indicates the presence of T cell reactivity to mycobacterial products … Dictionary of molecular biology
Test Mantoux — Le test de sensibilité à la tuberculine ou test Mantoux, pour le dépistage de la tuberulose. Le test Mantoux (ou test de dépistage Mantoux, test de sensibilité à la tuberculine, test Pirquet, ou test PPD (pour Purified Protein Derivative :… … Wikipédia en Français
Mantoux test — The Mantoux skin test consists of an intradermal injection of exactly one tenth of a milliliter (mL) of PPD tuberculin … Wikipedia
tuberculin skin test — See Mantoux test, Heaf test … Dictionary of molecular biology
F. R. G. Heaf — Professor Frederick Roland George Heaf (1894 1973) was a British physician.He was born in Desborough, Northamptonshire, England. He attended the University of Cambridge and St Thomas Hospital as a medical student. He followed a career in Public… … Wikipedia
tuberculin test — n a test (as the Mantoux test or tine test) for hypersensitivity to tuberculin in which tuberculin is introduced (as by injection or puncture) usu. into the skin of the individual tested and the appearance of inflammation or induration at the… … Medical dictionary
intradermal tuberculin test — a tuberculin test in which tuberculin is injected below the skin; see specific tests, including Heaf t., Mantoux t., and tine t … Medical dictionary
multiple-puncture test — a skin test in which the material used (e.g., tuberculin) is introduced into the skin by pressure of several needles or pointed tines or prongs. See also tine t. and Heaf t … Medical dictionary
