TABLE 2.
Technique | Total no. of patients | No. of patients for which last well of titration (in blood agar microplate culture) was: |
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0a | 1-3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-12 | ||
SA culture | 68 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 29 | |
Buffy coat culture | 68 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 11 |
PBMC culture | 47 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 0 |
“0” represents no growth.