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Suggest Tests To Detect TB Infection

my mt test is strongly positive but chest is clear.my afb test of urine serum is negative.my dr. suggest me to have akt-3 kit once in a day with benadon of 40 mg half tablet daily.how can i know the position of tuberculosis in my body?and am i a patient of tuberculosis?
Tue, 22 Sep 2015
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Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Treatment of tuberculosis should not be started only on the basis of MT (mantoux test).
MT is not very sensitive or specific test.
It is not 100% confirmatory about active tuberculosis disease.
It is false positive in person with previous history of tuberculosis, taken BCG vaccine in past etc.
Positive MT result must be correlate with symptoms and sign of the patient.
Since your other reports are negative for tuberculosis, no need to start anti tubercular drugs only on the basis of positive MT result.
Consult pulmonologist before starting this drugs.
Hope I have solved your query.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
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Suggest Tests To Detect TB Infection

Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand your concern. Treatment of tuberculosis should not be started only on the basis of MT (mantoux test). MT is not very sensitive or specific test. It is not 100% confirmatory about active tuberculosis disease. It is false positive in person with previous history of tuberculosis, taken BCG vaccine in past etc. Positive MT result must be correlate with symptoms and sign of the patient. Since your other reports are negative for tuberculosis, no need to start anti tubercular drugs only on the basis of positive MT result. Consult pulmonologist before starting this drugs. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.