Table 1. Mycobacterial culture results from patients enrolled in the survey.
| New cases | Previously treated cases | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1524) | (n = 901) | (n = 2425) | ||||
| Numbers | % | Numbers | % | Numbers | % | |
| Contamination (bacteria, fungi and others) | 17 | 1.1 | 7 | 0.8 | 24 | 1.0 |
| Non Tuberculous Mycobacteria | 7 | 0.5 | 16 | 1.8 | 23 | 0.9 |
| M. tuberculosis culture negative | 78 | 5.1 | 31 | 3.4 | 109 | 4.5 |
| M. tuberculosis culture positive | 1422 | 93.3 | 847 | 94.0 | 2269 | 93.6 |
| Drug sensitivity test (DST) details | ||||||
| DST not done | 202 | 14.2 | 133 | 15.7 | 335 | 14.8 |
| DST available | 1220 | 85.8 | 714 | 84.3 | 1934 | 85.2 |