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[ricel jake 1]

What if TB skin testing result is Positive?? what will happen then? any idea? thanks

[payxibka 10,045]

What if TB skin testing result is Positive?? what will happen then? any idea? thanks

next step would be probably a chest x-ray and if TB is confirmed you will be treated

[deangelo 1]

A positive skin test don't necessarily mean you have TB, for most people who were given BCG vaccines in the past the TB testing can come back as positive.

[HeatDeath 430]

+1 above. A clear x-ray trumps the skin test.

In Canada, virtually the entire population gets the vaccine in early childhood. So we would all show positive on a skin test. So the panel physicians here don't bother doing the skin test - they just jump straight to giving everyone a chest x-ray. If the x-ray is clear, we're good to go. If there are suspicious shadows, then they temporarily fail you, and move to blood tests and preliminary treatment.

Edited May 9, 2011 by HeatDeath