A patient comes to the clinic requesting a tuberculin skin test as a pa of his preemployment check up. All of the following are methods of tuberculin testing except
Quantiferon gold is not a type of tuberculin skin test. It is a type of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs), a whole-blood tests that can aid in diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Two IGRAs that have been approved by the US (FDA) are QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT); T-SPOT.TB test (T-Spot) There are 3 described methods for tuberculin skin testing (TST): Mantoux test, also known as the Pirquet test (preferred method) Heaf test Tine test Reference: Ananthanarayan and Paniker&;s Textbook of Microbiology Tenth edition
Bacteriology
Tine test
Heaf test
Pirquet test
Quantiferon gold
Quantiferon gold