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Table 1 Patients in study A, positive for M. tuberculosis infection (n = 10) a

From: Higher blood volumes improve the sensitivity of direct PCR diagnosis of blood stream tuberculosis among HIV-positive patients: an observation study

Patient

Blood

Culture

FT MTBb

A7

+

-

A8

+

-

A9

+

-

A10

-

+

A11

+

+

A12

+

+

A13

+

-

A14

+

-

A15

+

+

A16

+

-

  1. a+, positive;–, negative.
  2. bIn the case of positive results, at least one of the duplicate 1 ml samples was positive.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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