A member asked:

Can you simply know if a person have a tuberculosis through ultrasound on the neck? (even though the x-ray on the neck and lungs appears to be normal)

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Dr. Douglas Arenberg answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

No: Tuberculosis is diagnosed by culturing body fluids, or occasionally by detecting the bug in the body fluid(s) by stain and/or "pcr" (a molecular test looking for mycobacterial dna specific to tb).

Answered 11/29/2012

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Dr. Klaus d Lessnau answered

Specializes in Pulmonary Critical Care

No: Igra blood testing is the gold standard. Discuss with your doc.

Answered 11/29/2012

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