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    Cording is a phenomenon in which acid fast bacilli grow in parallel and was previously used as a means of presumptive microscopic identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB). However, this process has been shown in multiple other nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) species. Here we present the …

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    • 3/ The bottom photo shows “cording” #Cording is a phenomenon when AFB grow in parallel, end-to-end and side-to-side, forming rope-like structures in liquid culture media. Cording is a characteristic of #TB. However, cording is also shown in #NTM. https://t.co/OAGQEXO7Oy