hi good day!!i have question.. My husband is having xray yesterday for his 1 of requirments.. the result of the xray was this Pulmonary Koch s Infection. minimal infiltrate in the left upper lobe with at 1.7 cavity. i just wanted to understand whats the meaning of this because he has a previous illness before about tuberculosis..also known as TB.plz i really need the answer.
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your situation and problem. Your husband s current x-ray report says he is having cavity with fresh infiltration.  These mean active TB infection. Cavitory lesion on chest x-ray has high chances of having active, infectious TB. If he has previous TB than this can be a healed lesion. But for this you need1. CT THORAX2. Bronchoscopy and BAD (Bronchi Alveolar Lavage) analysis for TB. CT THORAX gives excellent visualization of lung parenchymal and much better imaging modality than chest x-ray. So if both are negative for TB than this is probably due to past tb infection.