What Does A Positive Mantoux Test Result Indicate?

Posted on Sun, 18 Sep 2016

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Question : Montoux test is positive.What it indicates?

Answered by Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
good health

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for query.

Montoux positive indicate TB infection.
Some times it can be false positive.We can't rely only on montoux test.
You need to get an X-ray chest,sputum culture and PCR.

Get back if any query.

Regards,
Dr VSK

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar