Table 4.

Results of mycobacterium species identification (n = 21)

Groups	No. of samples	Results
		Culture methods	TB-SAT	MTB	Species identification
Group A	3	+	–	+	MTB
	13	+	–	–	MTB
	2	+	–	–	Intracellular mycobacterium
	1	+	–	–	Gordon’s mycobacterium
	1	+	–	–	Mycobacterium cheloniae abscess subspecies
Group B	1	+	–	–	Intracellular mycobacterium

“+” Presents “Positive”, “-” Presents “Negative”