TABLE 5.
Growth and identification of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis in fecal and tissue cultures in groups 4 and 5
| Result | No. of samples with indicated result
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 4
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Group 5
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| Feces with:
|
Tissues with no ampicillin | Feces with no ampicillin | Tissues with no ampicillin | ||
| No ampicillin | Ampicillin | ||||
| Growth index positive (PCR result) | |||||
| Positive from 1st sample | 70 | 147 | 34 | 944 | 427 |
| Positive from 2nd sample | 11 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 41 |
| Inconclusive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negative | 308 | 99 | 1 | 184 | 4 |
| Growth index negativea | 812 | 1,030 | 737 | 1,471 | 1,374 |
| Total | 1,190 | 1,277 | 772 | 2,599 | 1,805 |
a
Samples that were growth index negative were not tested by PCR.