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Showing posts with label TB BACTEC MGIT System. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TB BACTEC MGIT System. Show all posts
The 6-week test
Acute Bronchitis and paranoia lead me to have a TB test.
Tints of blood were seen through my sputum, so I hurriedly asked for a TB test. Two tests were done - AFB smear and TB culture and sensitivity.
AFB smear results came out 24 hours later and it was negative - both for 2 days of sputum sample.
Still coughing like a dog and blood tints the sink... Still paranoid of the golden standard of testing.
Tests were quite expensive at almost 8,000 pesos. Good thing I have an HMO to back me up.
Time flew and it was 6 weeks. Tests were done using TB BACTEC MGIT System which explains its expensiveness.
Results - NO GROWTH SEEN AFTER 6 weeks.
As expected. My respiratory ailment is gone.
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