Montenegro test
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English
Etymology
Described by Brazilian physician João Montenegro in 1926.[1]
Noun
Montenegro test (plural Montenegro tests)
- (medicine) An immunologic skin test that measures hypersensitivity to leishmanin, used for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
- Synonyms: leishmanin skin test, LST, Montenegro skin test, MST
References
- ^ João Montenegro (1926) “A cútis-reação na leishmaniose”, in Anais da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (in Portuguese), volume 1, pages 323–30