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Recovery of M. tuberculosis from sputum specimens in two manual liquid medium systems: the MB Redox tube system versus the MGIT systema
| Result with MB Redox medium | No. of cultures in MGIT medium that were:
|
Total no. of cultures | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Neg. | ||
| Pos. | 47 | 15 | 62 |
| Neg. | 2 | 71 | 73 |
| Total | 49 | 86 | 135 |
Pos., positive; Neg., negative.
