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Table 6 Clinical characteristics of participants with positive M. ulcerans culture

From: Improved protocols for isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from clinical samples

Characteristic

Proportion with positive culture result

Proportion with positive final Mu culture result

 

Tika-MGIT

Petroff-MGIT

Petroff-LJ

 

P-value

Sex

     

Male

5/10

2/10

4/10

7/10

0.66

Female

5/11

4/11

1/11

6/11

Lesion form

     

Nodule

0/3

0/3

0/3

0/3

0.09

Plaque

4/5

1/5

2/5

4/5

Oedema

0/1

0/1

1/1

1/1

Ulcer

6/12

5/12

2/12

8/12

Lesion site

     

Lower limb

5/11

4/11

2/11

7/11

0.52

Upper limb

4/7

2/7

3/7

5/7

Trunk

1/3

0/3

0/3

1/3

Lesion category

     

I

2/6

2/6

0/6

3/6

0.25

II

5/8

2/8

3/8

6/8

III

3/7

2/7

2/7

4/7

  1. *Numerators represent the absolute number within a group with positive culture result; the denominators represent the total number of individuals within each group
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