Tuberculin Skin Test, or Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) Test, or Mantoux Test
Tuberculin Skin Test, or Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) Test, or Mantoux Test : A delayed hypersensitvitiy skin test which uses an intradermal injection of a small dose of antigen from Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex with the reaction measured (48-72 hours later) as the diameter of the resultant induration