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Low fever,lost appetite,joint pain,headache,low vision,fatigue,weight loss,tuberculosis symptoms?

Does these results indicate active TB? mycobacterium combo test, (IgM) - 0.79 mycobacterium combo test, (IgA) - 65.0 U/ml mycobacterium combo test, (IgG) - 460.0 U/ml above mentioned are Elisa blood test for Tuberculosis pls help as also having symtoms like low fever , loose apetite, joint pain headace, low vision , fatigue , wieght loss pls help

Sat, 28 Dec 2013

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Diseases and Conditions	Fever 102f, Active tb, Low vision, Joint pains, Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium
Medical Topics	Mycobacteria, Immunoglobulin g, Immunoglobulin a, Immunoglobulin m, Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Pulmonologist, Dr. Sumer Choudhary's Response

Kindly give the control values of elisa test.If out of range then they are positive.These serological tests are only supportive tests of tuberculosis.For definative diagnosis you would require to do chest Xray, montoux and TB interferon tests.

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