A 6-year-old child from rural India presents with persistent cough for 3 weeks, low-grade fever, and weight loss. Chest X-ray shows a right hilar opacity with mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Tuberculin skin test (TST) is positive (15 mm induration). What is the most appropriate next investigation to confirm pulmonary tuberculosis?

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