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I want to know that What is a best way/ test to detect tuberculosis, should it be xray or any kind of blood test or phelgm test?
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Depends on Organ involvement.
For Pulmonary TB X-ray chest, sputum AFB, CBNAAT, CULTURE are required.
If its Extra pulmonary we need Scans , FNAC, Biopsy and HPR, CBNAAT, N Culture.
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Which part of tuberculosis..Take a consultation with Pulmonologist for better evaluation and treatment
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
For pulmonary tb,sputum for Afb and cb nat test to be done.For extrapulmonary tb,biopsy to be done.it all depends upon the part,which is affected with Tb.Not a single test,all corrobarative evidences are necessary to confirm the diagnosis.
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