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Table 1 Culture results from BACTEC960 and LJ media by study site

From: Comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility using solid and liquid culture in Nigeria

 

Abuja

Ibadan

Nnewi

All

 

BACTEC960

LJ

BACTEC960

LJ

BACTEC960

LJ

BACTEC960

LJ

Positive

160 (80%)

156 (78%)

85 (94%)

79 (88%)

183 (77%)

176 (74%)

428 (81%)

411 (78%)

Negative

23 (12%)

35 (17%)

2 (2%)

7 (8%)

34 (14%)

47 (20%)

59 (11%)

89 (17%)*

Non tuberculous Mycobacteria

2 (1%)

2 (1%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (1%)

3 (1%)

4 (1%)

5 (1%)

Contaminated

15 (7%)

7 (4%)

3 (3%)

4 (4%)

18 (8%)

11 (5%)

36 (7%)

22 (4%)**

Total

200

200

90

90

237

237

527

527

  1. * Comparison of BACTEC-MGIT-960 and LJ, p < 0.01; ** p = 0.079.