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Best tuberculosis blood test
What is the best blood test for active and latent Tuberculosis? And how fast will they give the results. Please doctors tell me.
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Cbnaat , 2hrs
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Best test is cbnaat ,gene expert plus
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Sputum for acid fast bacillus , cb naat .
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Dr. Narmada Bhargavi
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3 yrs exp
Chennai
CBNAAT is the new gold standard for tb and can be done with any specimen ( sputum, urine, fluids )..
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Dr. Dharmendra Singh
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17 yrs exp
Indore
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Dr. Soudip Saha
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5 yrs exp
South 24 Parganas
AFB for sputum.
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Dr. Lakin Vira
General Physician
14 yrs exp
Mumbai
Better to do chest x ray pa and sputum test.
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