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Microphotograph showing typical epitheliod cell granuloma. (Pap, x100) Inset: Rapid slide culture of typical Tubercle bacilli showing Ziehl Neelsen positivity (ZN, x1000)
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Ziehl Neelsen stain for acid fast bacilli was positive [Figure 1].
Colonies of typical Mycobacterium tuberculosis on Lowenstein Jensen media
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Lowenstein Jensen (LJ) medium showed growth of typical tubercle bacilli after 4 weeks and confirmed by niacin tests [Figure 2].