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. 2023 Jun 2;55(1):96–102. doi: 10.1093/labmed/lmad041

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1.

Flow chart of patient enrollment and test results. A total of 186 patients were ultimately included for further analysis. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples were tested using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), Xpert MTB/RIF, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) culture, and acid-fast bacillus (AFB) staining. Patients were diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and nonpulmonary tuberculosis (non-PTB) as described in the Methods. NTM, nontuberculosis mycobacteria lung disease.