From: “Induced sputum versus gastric lavage for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children”
Patient | Induced sputum | Gastric lavage | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Culture positive | Smear positive | PCR positive | Culture positive | Smear positive | PCR positive | |
1 | 3 (3) | 1 (3) | NP | 2 (3) | 0 | NP |
2 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 |
3 | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 |
4 | 3 (3) | 1 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) |
5 | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 1 (3) |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 |
9 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |