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. 2006 Dec 21;92(8):693–696. doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.108308

Table 2 Studies of smear and M tuberculosis culture using gastric aspirate, sputum induction, laryngeal swab and nasopharyngeal aspirate.

Study/country Date Method Sample Smear +ve (%) Culture +ve (%) Comment
Starke,11 USA 1984–7 GA 110 * 39 Included both pulmonary and extrapulmonary disease
Vallejo,12 USA 1985–92 GA 47 * 75 Infants <1 year
Schaaf,13 South Africa 1991 GA 235 * 43 Mediastinal lymphadenopathy and bronchial obstruction associated with TB
Garay,14 Zimbabwe 1993–4 GA 115 <1 45 Lobar consolidation associated with HIV infection
Lloyd,6 Uganda 1966–7 GA LS 60 Few 28 63 If 13 extrapulmonary cases were excluded culture rates would have been even higher
Thakur,7 India 1997 LS 51 14 27 Smear/culture rate 33%
Shata,4 Malawi 1994 SI 29 14 24 Smear/culture rate 28%
Zar,5 South Africa 2000–2 GA SI 250 250 7 10 15 20 Smear/culture rate: GA 16%, SI 22%
Franchi,8 Peru 1998 GA NPA 64 64 14 17 37 30 PCR positive in 27% of GA and 28% of NPA
Iriso,15 Uganda 2000 SI 101 12 30 Included both pulmonary and extrapulmonary disease
Owens, Uganda 2004 SI NPA 94 94 10 8 22 24 Smear/culture rate for SI+NPA 27%. Sensitivity for PCR on NPA samples 62%

GA, gastric aspirate; LS, laryngeal swab; NPA, nasopharyngeal aspirate; SI, sputum induction.

*Smear negative or not mentioned.