Clinical Study

Acid-Fast Bacilli Other than Mycobacteria in Tuberculosis Patients Receiving Directly Observed Therapy Short Course in Cross River State, Nigeria

Table 2

Genotype mycobacteria identification of Capilia TB-Neo negative isolates from sputum smear positive patients.

Isolates no.Sex/AgeStrainsHIV status

0015IDHF/25–34NMNEG
0033THF/25–34NMPOS
0043THM/35–44NMNEG
0053THM/35–44NMPOS
0073IDHM/45–54M. fortuitum I POS
0082IDHM/25–34NMUNK
0083IDHF/25–34NMNEG
0086IDHF/25–34NMPOS
0089IDHM/25–34M. fortuitum IINEG
/M. magaritense
0094IDHF/25–34NMNEG
0105THF/15–24NMNEG
00111IDHM/25–34NMPOS
00113IDHM/15–24NMNEG
00128THM/25–34NMNEG
00134THM/35–44M. abcessus POS
00407OGF/35–44M. avium ssp. UNK

F: female; M: male; NM: not member of the genus mycobacteria; POS: positive; NEG: negative; UNK: unknown.