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Proportion of bacteriologically confirmed new and relapse pulmonary cases (II quarter 2002 – III quarter 2004) |
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| Microscopy |
Culture |
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| Total No of cases |
Smear positive |
Smear negative- |
Total No of cases |
Culture positive |
Culture negative |
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| New cases |
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| Civil |
1227 |
462 (37.7%) |
765 (62.3%) |
1341 |
764 (57.0%) |
577 (43.0%) |
| Prison |
586 |
70 (11.9%) |
516 (88.1%) |
587 |
184 (31.3%) |
403 (68.7%) |
| Total |
1813 |
532 (29.3%) |
1281(70.7%) |
1928 |
948 (49.2%) |
980 (50.8%) |
| Relapses |
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| Civil |
101 |
39 (38.6%) |
62 (61.4%) |
118 |
76 (64.4%) |
42 (35.6%) |
| Prison |
51 |
5 (9.8%) |
46 (90.2%) |
53 |
18 (34.0%) |
35 (66.0%) |
| Total |
152 |
44 (28.9%) |
108 (71.1%) |
171 |
94 (55.0%) |
77 (45.0%) |
| Total sample (new and relapse cases) |
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| Civil |
1328 |
501 (37.7%) |
827 (62.3%) |
1459 |
840 (57.6%) |
619 (42.4%) |
| Prison |
637 |
75 (11.8%) |
562 (88.2%) |
640 |
202 (31.6%) |
438 (68.4%) |
| Total |
1965 |
576 (29.3%) |
1389 (70.7%) |
2099 |
1042 (49.6%) |
1057 (50.4%) |
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*a proportion of patients could not expectorate a sputum sample of a quality that would be suitable for culturing | ||||||
Balabanova et al. Respiratory Research 2006 7:44 doi:10.1186/1465-9921-7-44 |
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