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ModerateInfectious DiseasesPulmonary tuberculosis – diagnosisuk-plab-1

A 30-year-old man with a 2-month history of productive cough and 4 kg weight loss is found to have a right upper lobe cavitating lesion on chest X-ray. You suspect pulmonary tuberculosis. What is the most appropriate initial diagnostic test?

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