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What Is Meaning Of Negative Acid Fast Bacilli Stain In Sputum?
i wanna kno if my labatory show that i have
1. spumtum : negative acid fast bacilli (AFB) stain
2. X-ray (lung) : reticular infiltration at left upper lobe
and once i had been a tb 1 year ago and check the sputum just last month it didnt found the tb
what the labatory result mean ??
1. spumtum : negative acid fast bacilli (AFB) stain
2. X-ray (lung) : reticular infiltration at left upper lobe
and once i had been a tb 1 year ago and check the sputum just last month it didnt found the tb
what the labatory result mean ??
Wed, 25 Jun 2014
Hello,
a negative stain result means that tuberculosis was not detected with microscopy, which is good. The X-ray finding is the result of your past tuberculosis incident. I have to make clear to you that microscopy alone is not sufficient to exclude active tuberculosis. You need a culture done and I'm certain that your doctor has ordered one. It just takes some time to get the result.
Kind Regards!
a negative stain result means that tuberculosis was not detected with microscopy, which is good. The X-ray finding is the result of your past tuberculosis incident. I have to make clear to you that microscopy alone is not sufficient to exclude active tuberculosis. You need a culture done and I'm certain that your doctor has ordered one. It just takes some time to get the result.
Kind Regards!
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