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Is bone tb contagious?
My wife just got tested with bone tb. Can I or any other family member get bone tb through air or any other medium?
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TB can’t reach the bone directly. It has to go in the body as an aerosol infection. Bone TB Per se isn’t contagious. But a lung source of active infection has to be ruled out.
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Dr. Amitabh Gupta
Spine Surgeon
19 yrs exp
Delhi
Not bone TB but active TB yes.
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