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Table 5 Results of the smear microscopy from tissue pellets

From: Molecular identification of Mycobacterium bovis from cattle and human host in Mali: expanded genetic diversity

Microscopy (AFB-Smear)

Number (N)

Percentage (%)

Positive

Negative

16

63

20.3

79.7

Total

79

100

  1. By indirect Auramine-Rhodamine (smear from tissue pellets), 20.3 % of the samples were positive by microscopy