Table 15. Performances of the blood culture using the BacT/alert automated culture in the HIV-infected TB patients according to their TB localization.

Tuberculosis patients	Pulmonary TB	Extrapulmonary TB	Total
Positive over total (%)	7/55 (12.7)	4/32 (12.5)	11/87 (12.6)
Median Time of positivity (IQR)(Days)	23.0 (20.0–28.0)	27.0 (19.0–27.0)	23.0 (16.0–27.0)
Median CD4+ cell counts/µL(IQR)
Negative culture	186 (95–232)	185 (83–250)	188 (79–223
Positive culture	121 (70–199)	154 (97–211)	121 (42–186)
Contamination rate (%)	9/55 (16.4)	7/32 (21.9)	16/87 (18.4)

HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; TB: tuberculosis.