Table 2.

Clinical samples from tissues of horses with glanders assayed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and microbiological culture.

Horse	Tissues	Bacterial Growth	PCR
1	Heart	-	+
	Tracheal LN	-	+
	Kidney	-	+
2	Skin abscess	-	+
	Lung	-	+
	Nasal swab at necropsy	-	+
4	Mesenteric LN	-	+
	Lung	+	+
	Submandibular LN	+	+
	Nasal cavity lesion	+	+
	Pharyngeal LN	-	+
	Mediastinic Ln	+	+
	Tracheal LN	-	+
	Trachea lesion	-	+
	Trachea secretion	-	+