How to Use skin test in a Sentence

skin test

noun
  • Health-care providers can test for the disease through a blood sample or a skin test.
    — Carma Hassan, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
  • If so, a blood or skin test, or sometimes both, can be used to check for the allergy.
    — Mayo Clinic Q & A, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • There are two types of testing methods for TB, a skin test and a blood test.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
  • One disadvantage is that the blood test is much more expensive than the skin test.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This is because the vaccine is known to sometimes cause a false-positive with the skin test.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
  • This can be done through blood and skin tests, so people know whether to avoid allergies or irritants.
    — Matt Fuchs, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The goal is also to focus its resources and revenue growth on the company’s melanoma skin test.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The screening includes a questionnaire, a TB skin test and chest X-ray.
    — Melody Schreiber, NPR, 2 May 2024
  • The easiest way to pinpoint a pet allergy is to visit an allergist and get a series of skin tests.
    — Ray Hainer, Health, 3 May 2024
  • Follow-up skin tests will be given at the school in May to students who test negative on the first test, officials said.
    — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The doctor might also want to do blood or skin tests, and maybe a food challenge in-office, before making a diagnosis.
    — Alice Callahan, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Blood and skin tests to identify infections and treatments are available for those diagnosed with the disease.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Healthcare providers primarily use blood or skin tests to determine if someone has Valley fever.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Students and staff who may have had contact with the disease will be notified and should have a TB skin test, officials said.
    — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • But at least a quarter of the world’s population would come up positive for latent tuberculosis on a blood or skin test.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The hospital had anti-venin on hand, and luckily the skin test for horse-serum sensitivity proved negative.
    — Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The gold standard for determining a true allergy is for the medical professional to do a penicillin skin test.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • In people who are unlikely to have a severe penicillin allergy, doctors may streamline the testing process by skipping the skin test and using just the oral dose.
    — Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Infallible Concealer, which was a winner from our concealers for mature skin test.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • To confirm a pollen allergy, clinicians typically use either a skin test by placing small drops of allergen on the skin and lightly scratching the surface.
    — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • That’s the prescription from La Jolla’s DermTech, which offers skin tests for melanoma using a special adhesive tape.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Children who had animals had fewer positive skin tests to indoor allergens—like pet and dust-mite allergens—and also to outdoor allergens such as ragweed and grass.
    — Bill Strickland, Parents, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Children who had animals had fewer positive skin tests to indoor allergens—like pet and dust-mite allergens—and also to outdoor allergens such as ragweed and grass.
    — Bill Strickland, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The pinch should feel like a simple skin test, a researcher told the volunteer lying on an exam table in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday.
    — NBC News, 10 Apr. 2020
  • The contractor failed to administer skin tests to screen detainees for tuberculosis, relying on a questionnaire instead, the report said.
    — Michael Biesecker, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • However, skin tests, elimination tests, and blood tests are potential options to identify specific allergen triggers.
    — Daniel More, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Advertisement Those individuals are in the process or will be screened in one of several ways, including chest x-rays, blood and skin tests and symptom review, according to health officials.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • The individuals were administered tuberculin skin tests at the time by Cobb & Douglas Public Health.
    — Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Doctors will usually order a blood or skin test to check for TB in people who were exposed to someone infected with active TB or are suspected of being sick with the disease.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
  • For soldiers who disappeared during the Korean War, experts compare tuberculosis skin test results taken before someone shipped out to the remains found.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 May 2024

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