PET and CT scans provide keen views of lungs with active TB, and are better assessment tools than sputum tests

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PET and CT scans provide keen views of lungs with active TB, and are better assessment tools than sputum tests

In clinical trials, a time-honored but old-school way to determine if TB is being knocked out by antibiotics involves having study participants cough up phlegm for a sputum culture, a test that can gauge whether the bacteria are succumbing to—or resisting—treatment.

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