Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza
This will get under your skin: According to MedicineNet.com, the standard recommended tuberculin test, known as the Mantoux test, is administered by injecting a 0.1 mL volume containing 5 TU (tuberculin units) PPD into the top layers of skin (intradermally, immediately under the surface of the skin) of the forearm. Here, Vigo County Health Department public health nurse Jane Keyes does so for a Woodrow Wilson Middle School student Tuesday at the school.

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