US-guided hip aspiration was performed.
MICROSCOPY Auramine-Rhodamine stain: no acid-fast bacilli detected. A negative acid-fast smear result does not exclude the presence of Mycobacterium species.
ANTIGEN TESTING (ON ISOLATE) MPT64 antigen identification test: M tuberculosis complex detected.
NUCLEIC ACID TESTING (ON ISOLATE) Mycobacterium spp by DNA probe: positive for M tuberculosis complex nucleic acid.
MYCOBACTERIUM CULTURE SCREEN MGIT bottle <11 days: positive.
MYCOBACTERIAL CULTURE
1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated.