case_images: PMC10634481_01
case_images: M. tb showing cording in ZN smear of brain biopsy culture.
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case_images: PMC10634481_01_acmi-5-634.v4-g001.jpg
case_images: F1
case_images: Brain biopsy was negative for fungal and bacterial culture but 6 days after her demise, the mycobacterial culture of the brain biopsy grew   Mycobacterium tuberculosis   complex. (Time of positivity, 12 days.) This was confirmed by ZN smear (Fig. 1) and MPT 64 Antigen Kit (BD Diagnostics) (Fig. 2).