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2017-08-23 12:30:14
One week ago my grand father sputum was tested for AFB and geneexpert both was positive. After one week again tested for AFB this time it was negative. Please guide did he has TB or not.
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Afb smear is positive, xenexpert is positive. He is suffering from pulmonary tb.result of  Rapid afb culture reports?. Xray chest opinion.
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Start anti tb drugs under supervision of chest physician

Answered2017-08-23 13:01:34

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