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See your medical practitioner. They will most likely provide you with a sterile specimen container to collect a sample. This sample will then be sent to the laboratory for microscopy, culture, and sensitivity testing (M/C/S).
If tuberculosis (TB) is suspected then acid-fast bacilli (AFB) will also be added to the request form.
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