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. 2026 Feb 27;64(4):e01128-25. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01128-25

Fig 1.

Workflow diagram of NTM-PD study showing processing of 125 specimens through decontamination using Acid and NALC-NaOH methods followed by parallel culture and culture-free pathways for subspecies identification by cgMLST.

Study design NTM-PD, nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease; SAP, semi-alkaline protease; NALC-NaOH, N-acetyl-L-cysteine-NaOH; MGIT, mycobacterial growth indicator tube; cgMLST, core genome multi-locus sequence typing.