Multiple Choice
A child visits his doctor because he has had a fever and a nonproductive cough.The child is also short of breath.The doctor orders a routine sputum culture and an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) culture and smear.The smear shows red organisms arranged in ropes.What is the most probable cause of this child's fever and cough?
A) Mycobacterium leprae
B) M.avium
C) M.intracellulare
D) M.tuberculosis
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