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If an acid-fast bacterium is detected in a clinical sample, then the organism could bea) Cryptococcus neoformansb) Mycobacterium tuberculosis.c) Neisseria gonorrhoeae.d) Streptococcus pneumoniae.e) Streptococcus pyogenes.
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