Once a person presents with symptoms of TB, or is found to be a close contact of somebody with TB, clinic staff will request the person to provide two sputum (spit) specimens (phlegm from coughing), which will be sent to the laboratory for testing under a microscope.
Xa umntu ebonisa iimpawu zeTB okanye kufumaniseke ukuba usondelene kakhulu nomntu oneTB abasebenzi basekliniki baya kumcela ukuba abanike izikhohlela ezibini eziya kuthi zithunyelwe elebhu ziyokuhlolwa nge-mikroskopu.