Table 2.
Clinical data of patients with Löwenstein Jensen cultures strains.
| Case No. | Age | Gender | Clinical diagnosis | Specimen | ZN staining | PCR | Mycobacteria |
| C1 | 65 | M | RTB | Urine | - | - | |
| C2 | 10 | M | RTB | Urine | + | + | |
| C3 | 39 | F | RTB | Urine | + | + | M. gordonae |
| C4 | 29 | M | RTB | Urine | ND | + | |
| C5 | 48 | F | RTB | Urine | + | - | |
| C6 | 29 | F | RTB | Urine | + | - | |
| C7 | 12 | M | RTB | Urine | + | - | |
| C8 | 23 | F | RTB | Urine | - | - | |
| C9 | 79 | F | RTB | Urine | + | - | |
| C10 | 23 | F | RTB | Urine | ND | + | |
| C11 | 20 | M | TB | Pericardial fluid | ND | + | M. chelonae complex group III. M. abscessus |
| C12 | 29 | F | RTB | Urine | ND | + | M. tuberculosis complex |
| C13 | 38 | F | RTB | Urine | - | + | M. smegmatis |
| C14 | 53 | F | RTB | Urine | - | + | M. smegmatis |
| C15 | 63 | F | RTB | Urine | + | - | M. smegmatis |
| C16 | 13 | F | RTB | Urine | ND | + | M. kansasii group II |
| C17 | 3 | F | RTB | Urine | ND | + | M. genus |
| C18 | 35 | F | TB | Gastric aspirate | ND | + | M. kansasii group I |
| C19 | 9 | F | RTB | Urine | ND | + | |
| C20 | 13 | F | RTB | Urine | ND | + | M. fortuitum-M. peregrinum complex |
| C21 | 48 | F | RTB | Urine | + | + | M. smegmatis |
| C22 | 34 | F | RTB | Urine | ND | + | M. genus |
| C23 | 23 | F | RTB | Urine | ND | + | |
| C24 | 29 | M | RTB | Urine | ND | + | |
| C25 | 35 | M | RTB | Urine | ND | + | |
| C26 | 10 | M | RTB | Urine | + | - | |
| C27 | 1 | F | TB | CSF | + | - | |
| C28 | 30 | F | TB | Synovial fluid | + | + | M. tuberculosis complex |
| C29 | 45 | M | TB | CSF | - | - | |
| C30 | 56 | F | RTB | Urine | + | + |
CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid
RTB: Renal tuberculosis