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. 2011 Mar 26;36(2):255–259. doi: 10.1007/s00264-011-1241-7

Table 1.

Results of AFB smear, culture, and multiplex PCR

Type Subtype No. of patients Smear (+), N (%) Culture (+), N (%) mPCR, N (%) IS6110 band (+), N (%) MPB64 band (+), N (%) Only IS6110 Only MPB 64
Group I Confirmed OATB 3 1 3 (100) 3 (100) 3 (100) 43 (100) - -
Suspected OATB 77 - - 63 (81.8) 56 (72) 61 (79.22) 2 (2.5) 5 (6.4)
Total 80 1 3 (3.75) 66 (82.5) 59 (72.22) 64 (80) 2 (2.5) 5 (6.2)
Group II Non-TB control group 25 - - - - - - -

AFB acid fast bacilli, OATB osteoarticular tuberculosis, mPCR multiplex polymerase chain reaction