<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.hi, my daughter was diagnosed in her chest x-ray with PTB minimal bilateral and Clinical correlation was suggested.however the result of her sputum examination was negative.What is more reliable between this two findings,may i know the true heallth status of my daughter,thank you very much  <response>: Tuberculosis will have symptoms like cough greater than 2 was, breathing difficulty and weight loss and loss of appetite... if your daughter dont have these symptoms dont need to worry... further thing you have to do is test for sputum AFB or go for gene expert it may detect MTB, but sputum should be qualitative . You didnt mention which lobe is involved based on that bronchoscopy will be much effective in detecting MTB ... even if we didnt find anything with this examination based on clinical experience we can start anti-tubercular therapy... it may not be tuberculosis also we have to work out with sputum bacterial culture and start antibiotics for 2 was and look for response. Contact the nearest pulmonologist to sorry our this issue 