Tuberculosis diagnosis

Tuberculosis is diagnosed by finding Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in a clinical specimen taken from the patient. While other investigations may strongly suggest tuberculosis as the diagnosis, they cannot confirm it.

For an overview of the disease, see Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis diagnosis
M. tuberculosis (stained red) in sputum
Purposediagnosed by finding Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A complete medical evaluation for tuberculosis (TB) must include a medical history, a physical examination, a chest X-ray and microbiological examination (of sputum or some other appropriate sample). It may also include a tuberculin skin test, other scans and X-rays, surgical biopsy.

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