What is your protocol for establishing microbiological confirmation of MAC lung disease? How do you obtain samples and evaluate their quality? And what kind of samples do you obtain? How do you interpret the culture results?

What is your protocol for establishing microbiological confirmation of MAC lung disease? How do you obtain samples and evaluate their quality? And what kind of samples do you obtain? How do you interpret the culture results?

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What is your protocol for establishing microbiological confirmation of MAC lung disease? How do you obtain samples and evaluate their quality?  And what kind of samples do you obtain? How do you interpret the culture results?

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Presenter

Patrick Flume, MD

Patrick Flume, MD

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Powers-Huggins Endowed Chair for Cystic Fibrosis
University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina