Testing for Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major opportunistic infection among adults and children with HIV in poor countries.
Testing for TB in the lungs can be done with a sputum test. Small children may not be able to produce a sample by this method. A gastric test is more invasive and it may also be difficult to obtain a specimen via this method.
Extra-pulmonary TB is very difficult to diagnose and requires a variety of tests by trained experts.
Copyright: Caritas/Michelle Hough
Testing for Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major opportunistic infection among adults and children with HIV in poor countries.
Testing for TB in the lungs can be done with a sputum test. Small children may not be able to produce a sample by this method. A gastric test is more invasive and it may also be difficult to obtain a specimen via this method.
Extra-pulmonary TB is very difficult to diagnose and requires a variety of tests by trained experts.
Copyright: Caritas/Michelle Hough