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Test for tuberculosis without mucus test
Sir my grandfather is suffering from dementia and he has cough problem from a month . After watching chest x-rays doctors says that it is probable case of tuberculosis but doctor that cough test is mandatory for confirming tuberculosis . Now probelm is my grandfather do not spit cough we are trying from days he is not spitting . Is there other test for confirming tuberculosis . ???
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Consult a pulmonologist for the same at the earliest
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