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The inner surfaces of respiratory devices (e.g., nebulizers, bronchoscopes) were rinsed with 1 to 10 mL of sterile distilled water; the water used for rinsing was processed for the culture of AFB without prior decontamination with 1% NaOH.

We only included bacteriologically confirmed TB cases, which was defined as: (1) a positive smear of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) without culture result and disease clinically compatible with TB infection; (2) a successful culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from pulmonary or extra-pulmonary specimens.

11% of 126 patients (10% of 142 specimens) had histological evidence of mycobacterial infection (necrotising granuloma, with or without AFB).

*** % = proportion of AFB-positive by # of patients tested for AFB.

Fig. 2 The superficial stroma showing organisms measuring 2 μm × 4 μm Fig. 3 Intrastromal organisms without polarization (left) and with polarization (middle) and staining with AFB (right) Fig. 4 Transmission electron microscopy showing a 2 μm × 4 μm organism that contains an anchoring disk exospore, endospore, polaroplast, polar filament coils, nucleus, and ribosomes.

TB diagnosis was established by acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear in 33 cases (73.3%), cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis only (without positive AFB smear) in 4 cases (8.8%) and PCR reaction only (8 cases, 17.7%).

Pathological diagnoses in addition to emphysema mentioned in histology reports were noted, with special focus on evidence of mycobacterial infection (necrotising granulomas with or without positive Ziehl-Neilson (ZN) staining for acid-fast bacilli (AFB)).

ii) cytological features consistent with TB and iii) culture of lymph node aspirate positive for M. tuberculosis complex bacteria with or without prior Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) or Auramine acid fast bacilli (AFB) positive smear.

Without the luxury of purified protein derivative (PPD) results, acid-fast bacilli (AFB) results, and culture results for TB, we must rely mainly on the history and physical examination to make the diagnosis.

This phenomenon may be related to the greater difficulty of health professionals in peripheral health units to confidently diagnose EPTB; thus, it is necessary to refer patients to other services for diagnostic confirmation or to begin treatment without confirmation based on a high degree of clinical suspicion and negative AFB smear results [ 31].

New Mexico has Sandia Labs, Los Alamos Labs, Kirtland AFB, etc., etc., including the antenna array near Soccoro.