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My father is suffering from fever from last 2-3 month, in 1998 he is suffering from TB but he completed his course of medicine. We thought he again having TB we done sputum for AFB which is negative we done sputum culture gram stain it's also negative, but one doctor after seen CT chest and x ray declared that he have TB again, so my question is is it possible that without sputum positive a person can be tb declared and what happens if he not having tb and we given tb dose to him ,is it harmful.
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Yes He can have TB. TB medicine should be started. No harm.
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Yes it is possible to suffer from tb without being sputum positive specially in cases of lymphadenitis. You can start antitubercular treatment and see if his symptoms and signs respond to treatment than you can continue. All medicines have their side effects and benefit ratio they are prescribed based on that. You can also take a second opinion from a respiratory medicine specialist.
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Sir u can get sputum for genexprt for mycobacterium tuberculosis.Sputum negative tb is also known entity.
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