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Summary of site-specific contamination results
| Contamination site (n) | No. of contaminated specimens by processing and culture method (rate [%])
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| NALC/NaOH
|
CB-18
|
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| Liquid culture | Solid media | BACTEC 12B | 7H11-selective medium | |
| 1 (171) | 11 (6.4) | 10 (5.8) | 31 (18.1) | 17 (9.9) |
| 2 (44) | 0 | 3 (6.8) | 4 (9.1) | 3 (6.8) |
| 3 (90) | 5 (5.6) | 2 (2.2) | 8 (8.9) | 1 (1.1) |
| 4 (162) | 19 (11.7) | 0 | 56 (34.6) | 41 (25.3) |
| 5 (106) | 8 (7.6) | 0 | 20 (18.9) | 9 (8.5) |
| Total (573) | 43 (7.5) | 15 (2.6) | 119 (20.8) | 71 (12.4) |
