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. 2013 Dec 9;8(12):e81918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081918

Table 4. Lymph node involvement and identification of M.tb complex species by DNA hybridization technology in FNAs from culture positive (n=226) TBLN patients.

Infected sites   Total cases (n=437) Smear positive (n=11) P value*   Culture positive (n=226) P value∆
Cervical 321 10 (90.9) 0.302 171(75.7) 0.601
Axilla 64 1 (9.1) 1.000 33(14.6) 0.988
Inguinal 35 0(0) 1.000 15(6.6) 0.631
Other 17 0(0) 1.000 7(3.1) 0.765

* Fisher’s exact test,∆ Chi-square test