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  2. Skin allergy test - Wikipedia

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    This test is usually done in order to identify allergies to pet dander, dust, pollen, foods or dust mites. Intradermal injections are done by injecting a small amount of allergen just beneath the skin surface. The test is done to assess allergies to drugs like penicillin [5] or bee venom. Skin testing on back

  3. Intradermal injection - Wikipedia

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    Mantoux intradermal injection Intradermal needle insertion angle compared with other injection types.. The traditional procedure of ID injection known as the Mantoux procedure (as used in the Mantoux test) involves injecting at angle of administration of 5 to 15 degrees angle, almost against the skin.

  4. Mantoux test - Wikipedia

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    The injection should be made with a tuberculin syringe, with the needle bevel facing upward. When placed correctly, injection should produce a pale wheal of the skin, 6 to 10 mm in diameter. The result of the test is read after 48–96 hours, ideally after 72 hours/3rd day. This procedure is termed the 'Mantoux technique'.

  5. Casoni test - Wikipedia

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    The Casoni test is a skin test used in the diagnosis of hydatid disease.The test involves the intradermal injection of 0.25 ml of sterilised fluid from hydatid cysts/human cyst and sterilised by Seitz filtration into one forearm, with an equal volume of saline injected into the other forearm.

  6. Schick test - Wikipedia

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    The Schick test, developed in 1913, [1] is a skin test used to determine whether or not a person is susceptible to diphtheria. [2] It was named after its inventor, Béla Schick (1877–1967), a Hungarian-born American pediatrician.

  7. Allergy test - Wikipedia

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    Allergy testing can help confirm or rule out allergies and consequently reduce adverse reactions and limit unnecessary avoidance and medications. [1] [2]Correct allergy diagnosis, counseling and avoidance advice based on valid allergy test results is of utmost importance and can help reduce the incidence of symptoms, and the need for medications and improve quality of life. [2]

  8. Tuberculin - Wikipedia

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    The test used in the United States at present is referred to as the Mantoux test. An alternative test called the Heaf test was used in the United Kingdom until 2005, although the UK now uses the Mantoux test in line with the rest of the world. Both of these tests use the tuberculin derivative PPD (purified protein derivative).

  9. Tzanck test - Wikipedia

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    In dermatopathology, the Tzanck test, also Tzanck smear, is scraping of an ulcer base to look for Tzanck cells. It is sometimes also called the chickenpox skin test and the herpes skin test. It is a simple, low-cost, and rapid office based test. [1] Tzanck cells (acantholytic cells) are found in: Herpes simplex [2] Varicella and herpes zoster