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If you have a positive tuberculosis skin test does that mean latent or active tb?
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Need chest X-ray: Positive TB skin test simply means tested person was exposed to an active case of tb. If the person remains asymptomatic with negative chest x-ray, he (she) has a latent tb.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Either: The TB skin test doesn't differentiate the two.
Answered 6/10/2014
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