Table 1.

Acid-fast smears and cultures prepared from early morning sputum specimens have better sensitivity.

Study	Random specimen positive (%)	Early morning specimen positive (%)
Abraham et al. [10] (smear positivity)	21/49 (43)	32/49 (65)
Ssengooba et al. [11] (MGIT culture positivity)	12/21 (57)	21/21 (100)