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Tb contagious if medicated?
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If sputum infected: Tb remains contagious as long as you are coughing up sputum that still contains the bacteria. This can go on despite being medicated as it can weeks to months to clear the sputum. Submitting a monthly sputum sample will confirm when your sputum has cleared.
Answered 7/2/2016
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