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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a bacterium responsible for causing tuberculosis, which initially affects the lungs and can spread to other parts of the body. First, it induces infection in the lungs, which, if not treated, may spread to the kidney, spine, and brain. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is transmitted in the air in the form of air droplets.

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My wife is not conceiving and had an MTC test. What is MTB?

Query: Hi doctor, It has been 5 years since I got married, but my wife is not getting pregnant. For past 3 years she is having irregular periods. Currently, she is having AKT tablets. Doctor report is normal. Her HSG and laparoscopy are normal. In MTC test, MTB got detected. What is MTB? I am attaching all...  Read Full »


Dr. Megha Tuli

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. MTB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) detection indicates that your wife has tuberculosis bacteria detected. The attachment (attachment removed to protect patient identity) you have sent is a prescription and not the original reports. So, it is difficult to say for sure. ...  Read Full »

What are the reasons for my child's high fever, joint pain, and rashes on anti-tubercular treatment?

Query: Hi doctor, My daughter, who is 7 years old, is on ATT for the last five months. She had fever and knee joint pain on the right side for over one and a half month. Mantoux was positive and CT and X-ray showed hilar lymphadenopathy. Bronchoscopy, GL, bone marrow and CSF were done, but no AFB found. M...  Read Full »


Dr. Nagasirisha Naredla

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. 1. Tuberculosis is a worrisome disease. 2. As the kid has been already diagnosed with it and you have already started treatment, the symptoms should start resolving by now, since it has been two months already. 3. If symptoms not resolving we should think of medicati...  Read Full »

My X-rays showed cavities and swollen lymph nodes despite taking medication for tuberculosis for two months. Please help.

Query: Hello doctor, I have been on tuberculosis (TB) medication for over two months. The sputum samples were negative, but the doctor said he saw cavities in the X-ray and swollen lymph nodes. But the second hospital I went to saw everything was normal but confirmed the swollen lymph nodes. I started taki...  Read Full »


Dr. Sugreev Singh

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for writing. I understand your concern. You should continue tuberculosis (TB) medicine for four more months. You have completed two months but need to take four months more. Complete TB treatment is given for six months. Cavities will be there, and they will ...  Read Full »

My chest X-ray shows bilateral apical pleural thickening. What could be the reason?

Query: Hi doctor, During fitness examination, I have learned that I have bilateral apical pleural thickening in chest X-Ray, but neither in the past nor currently do have any health complaints. I have done PPD skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus, which are positive 20 mm and 3.42 IU, respectively. Again...  Read Full »


Dr. Muhammad Majid Hanif

Answer: Hi doctor, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. You have no symptoms of tuberculosis, but there are definite signs, and diagnostic tests also refer to the presence of tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in your body. You have no active infection but have latent TB. As you have latent (inacti...  Read Full »

I coughed blood and am being treated for TB. I need expert advise.

Query: Hello doctor, I was positive for hepatitis B four years ago, and recently I was rushed to the hospital for coughing up blood from my lungs. The CT chest shows that there are some bleeding areas in my lungs. The Gene expert test shows that I have very low tuberculosis. My kidneys are normal and my li...  Read Full »


Dr. Pawar Satyajit Jalinder

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As your gene Xpert report (attachment removed to protect patient identity) shows you have been tested positive for MTB which is sensitive to Rifampicin. Means you have pulmonary tuberculosis and it is sensitive to first-line drugs. The standard treatment in this case...  Read Full »

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