TABLE 2.
Comparison of MP and MB bottles for recovery of M. tuberculosis in clinical samples
| Final diagnosis | Specimen type | Collection date (day/mo/yr) | Time to detection (days)
|
PCR result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MB bottles | MP bottles | ||||
| Pleuropulmonary tuberculosis | Pleural fluid | 06/03/06 | 19 | 17 | Negative |
| Tubercular pleuritis (HIVa-positive patient) | Pleural fluid | 26/05/06 | 25 | No growth | Negative |
| Tubercular pleuritis | Pleural fluid | 11/07/06 | 18 | 20 | Negative |
| Pleuropulmonary tuberculosis | Pleural fluid | 13/02/06 | 19 | 31 | Negative |
| Pleuropulmonary tuberculosis | Pleural fluid | 22/06/07 | 30 | 32 | Negative |
| Tubercular pleuritis (HIV-positive patient) | Pleural fluid | 06/10/07 | 19 | 21 | Positive |
| Superficial tuberculous lymphadenopathy | Lymph node biopsy | 01/09/07 | 39 | 30 | Positive |
| Superficial tuberculous lymphadenopathy | Lymph node biopsy | 20/03/08 | 7 | 9.5 | Positive |
| Tubercular spondylodiscitis with multiple abscesses | Tissue biopsy | 16/01/08 | 20 | 20 | Positive |
| Superficial tuberculous lymphadenopathy | Lymph node biopsy | 29/03/08 | 6 | 14 | Positive |
| Pleuropulmonary tuberculosis | Pleural fluid | 18/06/08 | 17 | No growth | Positive |
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HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.