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Table 4 Density of Acid-Fast Bacilli (per 100 High-Power Fields) in Patients with Culture-Positive Tuberculosis

From: Sensitivity of direct versus concentrated sputum smear microscopy in HIV-infected patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis

  

Direct Smear Result

Total

Concentrated Smear Result

 

0

1–9

≥ 10

 
 

0

61

3

19

83

 

1–9

12

2

2

16

 

≥ 10

8

7

56

71

Total

 

81

12

77

170

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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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