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Comparison of QT-NASBA and PCR results
| QT-NASBA result | PCR result
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |
| Before treatmenta | ||
| Positive | 70 | 6 |
| Negative | 1 | 1 |
| After treatmentb | ||
| Positive | 3 | 3 |
| Negative | 0 | 16 |
Results before treatment are for 77 skin biopsy samples and 1 lymph node sample from CL patients from areas of endemicity and nonendemicity.
Results after treatment are for 22 skin biopsy samples from CL patients at the outpatient clinic of the Department of Dermatology.
