Table 3.
Results with clinical samples
| Clinical sample source | Positive samples |
No. of negative samples | Total no. of samples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Species detected | No. of smear-positive samples | |||
| Sputum | 6 | M. tuberculosis complex | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | M. intracellulare | 1 | |||
| 1 | M. avium | 0 | |||
| 1 | M. xenopi | 1 | |||
| Bronchoalveolar lavage | 1 | M. tuberculosis complex | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Bronchial aspirate | 2 | M. tuberculosis complex | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Bone biopsy | 1 | M. tuberculosis complex | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. avium | 0 | ||||
| Fistulas | 1 | M. tuberculosis complex | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 1 | M. fortuitum | 0 | |||
| Urine | 11 | 11 | |||
| Blood | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 18 | 52 | 70 | ||