I have always done my samples at home and refrigerated. My doc requires 3 in case one is bad.. They are sent to our department of health lab first, then if positive for NTM they go to NJH for sensitivity testing and complete analysis. My daughter says this is because we have a high presence of TB in our county and they want to be sure the symptoms are from a non-tuberculosis strain of Mycobacteria.

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