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My father has pleurisy.drs suspect its tb, have taken fluid for culture/biopsy.will he have low grade fever & loss of appetite &breathlessnes if tb.
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Not necessarily: Tuberculosis needs to be excluded if no other obvious cause is present for pleurisy. This is even more important in people born and raised in countries with greater incidence of TB. Tuberculous pleurisy may not have the usual symptoms of TB.
Answered 10/7/2015
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