Mantoux test is not needed after the age of 7 years

Chief freelance phthisiologist of the Ministry of health of the Russian Federation Irina Vasilyeva said that the children after seven years Mantoux test is not needed. According to the expert,Mantoux is required only for the doctors realized no need or children in boosters.

In the National immunization schedule, vaccination against tuberculosis is given great attention. If everything is done correctly, then seven years of age the child must be able to withstand two shots from tuberculosis: children now are vaccinated twice – at birth and at the age of seven. When available, the Mantoux test for detecting illness is no longer needed, said chief freelance phthisiologist of the Ministry of health.

Irina Vasilyeva said that enough children every year to check Diaskintest.

“If the test shows that the child is infected with, to vaccinate it is no longer necessary. But if it’s not infected, vaccinated at the age of seven, and after her vaccine Mantoux test is no longer needed,” said the doctor.
The expert stressed that the two methods of investigation are substantially different. Modern Diaskintest gives a pronounced response – a sign of what is happening in the child’s body fight against some pathogen. Mantoux test can give false positive reaction.

Tuberculosis, as already mentioned earlier, Magicforum, is the main cause of death for people around the world: as evidenced by the who, the number of fatal victims of tuberculosis ahead of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In the world annually fall ill with TB of 10 million people, and one in ten of the cases is a child.