Reliability of mantoux in diagnosis of tuberculosis and factors affecting it

This study was conducted to determine the frequency of infected children cohabiting with sputum-positive and negative tuberculous adults for grounding authenticity Montoux test in diagnosing tuberculosis among these groups. It inferred from that a significant figure positive tuberculin skin not found be diseased those results were diagnosed based on chest X-ray, sputum examination, FNAC enlarged lymph nodes. Therefore, despite its widespread use, large proportion remain undiagnosed yet are infected. solely is worth reliable diagnosis hence confirmation disease by more sophisticated tests mandatory