my mt test is strongly positive but chest is clear.my afb test of urine serum is negative.my dr. suggest me to have akt-3 kit once in a day with benadon of 40 mg half tablet daily.how can i know the position of tuberculosis in my body?and am i a patient of tuberculosis?
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your concern. Treatment of tuberculosis should not be started only on the basis of MT (manitou test). MT is not very sensitive or specific test. It is not 100% confirmatory about active tuberculosis disease. It is false positive in person with previous history of tuberculosis, taken BCG vaccine in past etc. Positive MT result must be correlated with symptoms and sign of the patient. Since your other reports are negative for tuberculosis, no need to start anti-tubercular Chat Doctor.  Consult pulmonologist before starting this