Leishmanin skin test

The leishmanin skin test (LST), also called Montenegro test, is an immunologic skin test that measures delayed-type hypersensitivity to Leishmania antigen.

[1][2] It can be used for diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis.

[3] It was first described by Brazilian physician João Montenegro in 1926.

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