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A false-positive TB culture is defined as a positive TB culture that is not the result of culture-positive disease in a patient but instead may be due to 1) laboratory cross-contamination during specimen processing; 2) errors in collection or labeling, either on the patient ward or in the laboratory; or 3) contamination of clinical devices, for example, contamination of a bronchoscope during specimen collection. In these cases, a controlled tracheotomy over a laryngeal mask airway or over a rigid ventilating bronchoscope can be performed. BAL samples only distinct segments of the lung distal to the bronchus into which the bronchoscope is wedged (Kelly et al. |
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