Table 2. Criteria on Which Diagnosis of Intestinal Tuberculosis Was Based (n=37).
Diagnostic criteria | No. (%) |
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Caseating granuloma (one case also had AFB stain positive) | 6 (16.21) |
LJ culture positivity | 1 (2.70) |
Complete symptomatic and endoscopic healing at the end of ATT in patients without the above findings | 30 (81.08) |
LJ, Lowenstein Jensen medium; ATT, antitubercular therapy.