Mantoux Med.
(mɑ̃tuː, ˈmæntu)
The name of Charles Mantoux (1877–1947), French physician, used attrib. with reference to a method, introduced by him in 1908, of testing for past or present tuberculous infection by intradermal injection of diluted tuberculin.
| 1931 R. J. E. Scott Gould's Med. Dict. (ed. 3) 764/1 Mantoux test. 1932 Observer 28 Feb. 11/2 The Mantoux test has a definite though limited application in the diagnosis of tuberculous disease. 1956 Nature 25 Feb. 367/2 A study was made of the interrelationships of the Mantoux and Lepromin reactions. Ibid. 368/1 The Mantoux-negative individuals. 1971 D. Lambert in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face App. G. 290 Immunity [from tuberculosis] is tested first by the Mantoux Test, and this is examined after three days. |