Detection of IS6110 and HupB gene sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and bovisin the aortic tissue of patients with Takayasu’s arteritis

Table 7 Frequency of the gene sequences associated to Mycobacterium in the aorta tissue

Positive tests for the sequences of IS6110 and nested PCR for M. tuberculosis
	Takayasu’s	Tuberculosis	Atherosclerosis	p
	n = 33	n = 33	n = 53
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
IS6110 + HupB (Tb) positive samples	23 (70)	27 (82)	17 (32)	0.0001*
HupB (Bovis) positive samples	12 (36)	15 (45)	18 (34)	NS

Add: * Takayasu’s vs Atherosclerosis.P= 0.001; OR= 4.87; CI 95% (1.73-14.0).* Tuberculosis vs Atherosclerosis. P= 0.0001; OR = 9.5; CI 95% (3.0-31.0).

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