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. 2016 Nov 24;21(1):71–78. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2016.09.017

Table 5.

Number of samples (slit skin smear) detected by quantitative PCR.

Positive qPCR/total number (%) qPCR positive/total number (%)
BI/S1+ BI/S 2+ BI/S 3+ BI/S 4+ BI/S 5+
21/25 (84) 3/5 (60) 1/2 (50) 8/9 (88.8) 7/7 (100) 2/2 (100)

qPCR, quantitative PCR; BI/S, bacilloscopy of slit skin smear.