Will Latent Tb Show up on Xray?

People with LTBI are healthy and do not feel sick. They typically have a negative (normal) chest x-ray. They have a positive TST and/or a positive TB blood test.

Can chest xray detect latent TB?

TB chest x-rays can only detect active TB in the lungs. This means that you may have latent TB bacteria in your body, even if you have had a clear chest x-ray.

What does a chest xray show if you have TB?

On a chest x-ray from someone with TB you can often see the cavitation that the TB bacteria form in the lung tissue. The picture here shows a chest x-ray, and the arrow points to a TB cavity in the right upper part of the lung (in an x-ray, the right and left side are reversed).