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I have consult a chest specialist and he says you have tb without any report because he thinks pleurisy which i am suffering came from this only and giving me medicine. is it correct?? I have done my TV gold test which shows positive and gamma radiation level is 0.45 so do I have tb????
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No. Tb gold does not detect active TB. You have to do few tests to be absolutely sure for TB diagnosis.
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