quibble Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 lol got the two-step mantoux TST done these past few weeks.. comes back +ve bc of my BCG vaccine that I didn't know about until my mom told me after my test. Scared the hell outta me! now I have to get my chest x-ray-ed... Just an overall FYI for anyyone who is not Canadian-born to check your vaccination cards to see if you were given the BCG vaccine as part of the vaccination regime of a foreign country. Might create some complications like in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medigeek Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 How many mm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smart Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Donot worry IMCK, chest x-ray will clear you. However, chest x-ray is not a appropriate for latent TB. There is an another lab test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End Poverty Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 2/2/2018 at 7:23 PM, lmck said: lol got the two-step mantoux TST done these past few weeks.. comes back +ve bc of my BCG vaccine that I didn't know about until my mom told me after my test. Scared the hell outta me! now I have to get my chest x-ray-ed... Just an overall FYI for anyyone who is not Canadian-born to check your vaccination cards to see if you were given the BCG vaccine as part of the vaccination regime of a foreign country. Might create some complications like in my case. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, End Poverty said: Interesting...my fiance told me that med schools only check for Hepatitis, MMR and tetanus. Perhaps the BCG is school dependent. I am sure I am BCG positive as well , how does that complicate things? Do you have to do an additional chest X-ray? definitely required at Ottawa - although that is the school I have found to be the most picky about all that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 2 hours ago, End Poverty said: Interesting...my fiance told me that med schools only check for Hepatitis, MMR and tetanus. Perhaps the BCG is school dependent. I am sure I am BCG positive as well , how does that complicate things? Do you have to do an additional chest X-ray? UBC checks for TB and varicella in addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurefamilydoc Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 U of T makes you get tested every year for TB. And when it comes time for electives in 4th year most schools ask for TB testing as well. Usually you just have to get a chest X-ray if your test comes back positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edict Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 2/2/2018 at 9:23 PM, lmck said: lol got the two-step mantoux TST done these past few weeks.. comes back +ve bc of my BCG vaccine that I didn't know about until my mom told me after my test. Scared the hell outta me! now I have to get my chest x-ray-ed... Just an overall FYI for anyyone who is not Canadian-born to check your vaccination cards to see if you were given the BCG vaccine as part of the vaccination regime of a foreign country. Might create some complications like in my case. The problem is though that you can't really do anything about it, since just getting the BCG doesn't exempt you from the two step test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medigeek Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 If it was 10-15mm = most likely BCG vaccine is the cause 15mm + = harder to tell but I would lean towards BCG causing it if no hx of risk factors The mantoux simply has too many false positives and guidelines don't expect reflect that either. Just get the Quantiferon test and you'll have a real result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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