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. 2012 Apr;50(4):1166–1170. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05756-11

Table 2.

Positive rate of intracellular and extracellular ABF in the CSF samples (n = 48) detected by ZN stain and modified ZN stain

ABF group (n) % Positive rate (no. of positive samples) of each technique
ZN stain Modified ZN stain
Extracellular (48) 16.7 (8) 100 (48)
Intracellular (48) 0 (0) 93.8 (45)