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@paxmundi

I don’t know much about reading these reports but I think this a complete culture report. I submitted the sample on March 17th and got the results today for this most recent submitted sputum sample. The test that says Feb 2 didn’t yield a report until March 16th or 17th. I immediately submitted the third sample because one had shown Nocardia and the subsequent one had not.

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My doctor told me the acid fast smear is where the lab looks for TB (which has to be reported to the County health department) and the results only take a day or so. The culture, which takes six weeks to grow, is where the MAC and all the other fun stuff show up. Does that fit with your experience?