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How can you get cleared of tb if you were positive?
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CHEST XRAY NEGATIVE: If PPD is positive, we do chest xray to rule out active tuberculosis and a person is cleared as not having active disease.But we recommend the parson should be treated prophylaxic with inh for nine months with pyridoxin.
Answered 9/28/2016
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