Table 4. Relationship between presence of acid-fast bacilli and clinical groups of patients included in the study.

Results followed by the same letters did not differ statistically according to Tukey’s test at 5% probability. Paraffin-embedded samples: F = 4.5879, P = 0.0117; fresh samples: F = 1.0686, P = 0.3607. CD = Crohn’s disease; UC = ulcerative colitis; nIBD = non-inflammatory bowel disease.