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What Tests Can Be Performed To Determine The Activeness Of TB?

Hello Dr, My husband is suffering from cervical TB lympdentis for past 8 mnths now.. His treatment is going perfect we are just concerned of thing he needs to travel to south Africa in 2 months and there is a declaration form which says are you suffering from TB. We are concerned what to write there. Can you please help us here. Is there any test to check whether the TB is active or not. What is usually preferred at this stage Thank you
Tue, 20 Oct 2020
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Hi,

You can do FNAC of cervical lymph node and RT-PCR to be assure that TB infection is still there or not.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Anamika Gupta, Pathologist and Microbiologist
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What Tests Can Be Performed To Determine The Activeness Of TB?

Hi, You can do FNAC of cervical lymph node and RT-PCR to be assure that TB infection is still there or not. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Anamika Gupta, Pathologist and Microbiologist