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Table 1 Culture summary of collected samples, South Omo, Ethiopia

From: Molecular epidemiology of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in South Omo, Southern Ethiopia

 

Samples from Health Facilities

Community > = 2 weeks cough in pastoral areas

Total

Source

JGH

Other than JGHa

Sample type

Sputum Smear

FNA

Sputum Smear

Sputum

+ve

-ve

+ve

-ve

Number of samples

110

404

34

111

24

517

1200

Recovered MTBC N (%)

74 (67.3)

14 (3.5)

26 (76.5)

33 (29.7)

1 (4.2)

13 (2.5)

161 (13.4)

Contamination N (%)

4 (3.6)

21 (5.2)

0 (0.0)

6 (5.4)

4 (16.7)

64 (12.4)

99 (8.3)

  1. Abbreviations: MTBC Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, JGH Jinka Genral Hospital; aOther than JGH includes- Health centers in D/Ari, BenaTsemay, Dassenech, Hammer, Male, Gnagatom and Selamago