A noncompliant 70-year-old HIV-positive man with a $CD4^+$ cell count of $40/mm^3$ presents with a pulmonary infection caused by an organism that requires 4 weeks to grow on Lowenstein-Jensen medium. What is the best descriptor of the most likely causative agent?

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A noncompliant 70-year-old HIV-positive man with a

CD4^+

cell count of

40/mm^3

presents with a pulmonary infection caused by an organism that requires 4 weeks to grow on Lowenstein-Jensen medium. What is the best descriptor of the most likely causative agent?

A noncompliant 70-year-old HIV-positive man with a CD4+CD4^+CD4+ cell count of 40/mm340/mm^340/mm3 presents with a pulmonary infection caused by an organism that requires 4 weeks to grow on Lowenstein-Jensen medium. What is the best descriptor of the most likely causative agent?

A noncompliant 70-year-old HIV-positive man with a $CD4^+$ cell count of $40/mm^3$ presents with a pulmonary infection caused by an organism that requires 4 weeks to grow on Lowenstein-Jensen medium. What is the best descriptor of the most likely causative agent?