Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19, Problem 1VC
From chapter 2, figure 2.18b. Although there are many different organisms present in the respiratory tract, an acid-fast stain of sputum like the one shown here along with patient symptoms can establish a presumptive diagnosis of tuberculosis. Explain why.
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