Hello good morning doctors, i would like to ask for a patient who has diagnosed PTB with +20mm result of Mantoux Test. Can you diagnose immediately a patient with  PTB though the doctors didnt ask for Sputum Smear and Chest X-ray? Please reply thank you
Montoux is not a diagnostic test, it just tells that you are exposed to tuberculosis and in countries like India, Africa and most of the developing countries almost 70-90 percent of ppl are exposed to TB and almost all medical professionals are also exposed to TB, that means everybody lol have a contour positive in other words you can say Contour tells the immune response not the disease diagnosis of tuberculosis disease is made only by sputum smear examination or sputum culture for tuberculosis and never by contour discuss this with your physician so that he can guide you best thanks feel free to ask more questions