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Isolation of Mtb from a TB patient.

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posted on 2016-01-28, 12:41 authored by Robin Wood, Carl Morrow, Clifton E. Barry III, Wayne A. Bryden, Charles J. Call, Anthony J. Hickey, Charles E. Rodes, Thomas J. Scriba, Jonathan Blackburn, Chacha Issarow, Nicola Mulder, Jeremy Woodward, Atica Moosa, Vinayak Singh, Valerie Mizrahi, Digby F. Warner

SEM image of patient sample impacted on the lower plate of the PM10 impactor. The dimensions and morphology of the rod-shaped structure (denoted by *) are consistent with the presence of Mtb bacilli in the untreated TB patient. There is also evidence of multiple “splats” of unknown identity (one example is denoted by **) which might comprise organic matter derived from patient lung or respiratory tract. Note the “halo” structures (dark shadows) surrounding each particle.

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