Table 1 Distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates according to sample types
Sample type | No. screened | No. culture positive (%) | Deletion typing No. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. tuberculosis | M. bovis | M. africanum | NTM | |||
Milk | 144 | 3 (2.1) | 2 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (33.3) |
Sputum | 149 | 54 (36.2) | 42 (77.8) | 1 (1.9) | 9 (16.7) | 2 (3.7) |