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Table 1 Results of culture and identification

From: Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics in Lao PDR: first multicentric study conducted in 3 hospitals

Number of patients with

Total

Vientiane

Thakhek

Luang Prabang

p

≥ 1 positive culture (%)

104

39 (37.5)

38 (36.5)

27 (26)

 

M. tuberculosis complex

87

34 (39.1)

31 (35.6)

22 (25.3)

0.7

NTM*

17

5 (29.4)

7 (41.2)

5 (29.4)

 
  1. *NTM non-tuberculous mycobacteria (8 M. fortuitum, 1 M. scrofulaceum, 1 M. abscessus and 7 unidentified).