TABLE 1.

Culture results for M. microti from sputum of an HIV-1-infected patient

Time of sampling	Day after admission	Isolate	Ziehl-Neelsen stain resulta	No. of days until detection on medium:			Spoligotyping result
				Bactec 12B	Stonebrink	Loewenstein-Jensen
Before therapy	2	1	2+	14	43	No growth	x
	3	2	0	33	No growth	No growth	x
After start of therapy	11	3	0	32	No growth	No growth	x
	12	4	1+	18	No growth	No growth
	13	5	3+	No growth	38	No growth
	17	6	0	40	No growth	No growth
Before discharge on day 31	20		0	No growth	No growth	No growth
	26		0	No growth	No growth	No growth
	27		0	No growth	No growth	No growth
	30		0	No growth	No growth	No growth

^aAFB smear reporting (2). 0, no AFB seen; 1+, 1 to 9/100 fields (1,000); 2+, 1 to 9/10 fields (1,000); 3+, 1 to 9/field (1,000).