Table 3.
Intensity of immunohistochemical staining by two antibodies in relation to granuloma features.
Granuloma characteristics | Intensity of anti-BCG staining | Intensity of anti-MPT64 staining | ||||
Mild | Moderate | Strong | Mild | Moderate | Strong | |
Organization | ||||||
Well Organised | 46* | 38 | 9 | 8 | 51** | 34 |
Non Organised | 28 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 10 |
Necrosis | ||||||
Non Necrotic | 30 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 24 |
Necrotic | 44 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 36*** | 20 |
*p = .02, **p = .001, ***p = .026