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My friends have really bad cough for one month.she recover to normal after that. but nw she is tested positove for tb. is she contagious?
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Depends: If she was positive for TB due to finding TB in her sputum, then yes, she is very contagious. However, if she has no TB in her sputum, and was positive on a skin test, then this is called latent TB infection; there is no contagion risk in this situation.
Answered 6/10/2014
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