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Sequential Results of Acid Fast Smear, Mycobacterial Culture, and Identification of Sputa or Lavaged Fluid
RML, right middle lobe; RUL, right upper lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; LUL, left upper lobe; LLL, left lower lobe.
*Quantitation scale for Acid-Fast Bacillus smears and mycobacterial growth on agar plates followed diagnostic standards of American Thoracic Society.13
†M. abscessus was isolated from lavaged fluids right middle lobe and left lower lobe.
