Evaluation of the reference value for the Montenegro skin test

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Demarchi, Izabel Galhardo¹  Pedroso, Raíssa Bocchi¹  Aristides, Sandra Mara Alessi¹  Ferreira, Érika Cristina¹  Mello, Tatiane França Perles de¹  Lonardoni, Maria Valdrinez Campana¹  Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, BR¹  Skraba, Cissiara Manetti¹  Silveira, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi¹ 

关键词:  Cutaneous leishmaniasis;    Montenegro skin test;    Cut-off value;    Diagnosis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0067-2015

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION:The Montenegro skin test (MST) has good clinical applicability and low cost for the diagnosis of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL). However, no studies have validated the reference value (5mm) typically used to discriminate positive and negative results. We investigated MST results and evaluated its performance using different cut-off points.

【 授权许可】

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