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. 2022 Jul 28;22:288. doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-02079-8

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics and pathogens of the study population

BALF (n = 21) Lung biopsy tissue (n = 15) P
Baseline characteristics
 Age (mean), years 53.7 52.9
 Sex—male, n (%) 13 (61.9) 5 (33.3) 0.176
 Smoke, n (%) 4 (19.0) 5 (33.3) 0.443
 Family history 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Disease history 11 (52.4) 6 (40.0) 0.516
ATT before sample collection, n 0 0
Pathogen 0.006
 MTBC only 4 10
 Miscellaneous 17 5
Xpert 0.995
 High abundant 3 2
 Medium abundance 4 3
 Low abundance 13 9
 Negative 1 1
Sputum stain
 Positive 1 0
 Negative 20 0