Table 2.

Screening of clinical samples (feces, blood, and serum) by multiple diagnostic tests for the presence of MAP infection at different days post-treatment.

Tests	0th day	120 days	360 days
1. ELISA kit – seruma
a. OD values	0.3255	0.7186	0.5826
b. Status of MAP	Negative	Positive	Positive
2. Microscopy – stool	+3 to +4	+2 to +1	Negative
3. Culture – stoolb	Multi-bacillary	Pauci-billary	Negative
4. IS900 PCR-blood and stoolc	Negative	Negative	Negative

^aStatus of MAP infection as per S/P ratio (8) using “Indigenous ELISA kit”.

^bMAP colonies took 1 year to grow.

^cFrom DNA isolated directly from blood and stool samples.