A 45-year-old Indian man presents with chronic productive cough, weight loss, and a cavitating lesion in the right upper lobe. Sputum ZN stain is nega...

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A 45-year-old Indian man presents with chronic productive cough, weight loss, and a cavitating lesion in the right upper lobe. Sputum ZN stain is negative on three occasions. Sputum culture on LJ medium grows after 6 weeks. PCR confirms M. tuberculosis. What is the WHO term for this type of TB?

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Smear-negative, culture-positive pulmonary TB - a form that is less infectious than smear-positive disease but still requires full treatment

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Smear-positive pulmonary TB

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Extrapulmonary TB

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Latent TB

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Drug-resistant TB

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Smear-negative Culture-positive TB

A 45-year-old Indian man presents with chronic productive cough, weight loss, and a cavitating lesion in the right upper lobe. Sputum ZN stain is negative on three occasions. Sputum culture on LJ medium grows after 6 weeks. PCR confirms M. tuberculosis. What is the WHO term for this type of TB?