How To Test For Tuberculosis?

Tuberculin skin test (TST or Mantoux test)

Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) blood test

Chest X-ray

Sputum smear microscopy

Sputum culture

Nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT)

Drug susceptibility testing

Bronchoscopy with sample collection

Biopsy of affected tissue

Testing of body fluids if extrapulmonary TB is suspected

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