TABLE 1.
Summary of M. tuberculosis complex culture and MTD results for smear-positive and smear-negative specimens
| Smear result and specimen (no. of specimens)a | No. of patients with tuberculosis by:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical findings | Culture | MTD | |
| Positive | |||
| Feces (20) | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| W/D/A (8) | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Aspirate (8) | 5 | 5 | 4b |
| Tissue (17) | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Pleural fluid (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Negative | |||
| Tissue (60) | 1 | 1 | 0b |
| Aspirate (44) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| W/D/A (20) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
a
W/D/A, wound, drainage, or abscess; aspirate, aspirate of tissue; tissue, tissue biopsy.
b
Culture-positive, MTD-negative specimen contained inhibitors.