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How Can Lung Infection Be Treated?
Hello Doc, I have a findings in my x-ray lung infection TB, the doctor said no medicine, because I want to go abroad I got x Ray to other doctor he suggests to me apicolordotic view the results is normal , It is possible that my first x-ray not true but they also give me my skin test and also positive,
Mon, 26 Mar 2018
Hello,
You will need sputum testing for tuberculosis. Even if chest x-ray and sputum test are negative, you will still need treatment with isoniazid since the skin test is positive.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal
You will need sputum testing for tuberculosis. Even if chest x-ray and sputum test are negative, you will still need treatment with isoniazid since the skin test is positive.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal
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