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Table 2 Clinical data of patients included in protocols of extraction from microscope slides

From: Evaluation of six different DNA extraction methods for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by means of PCR-IS6110: preliminary study

Patients

Gender

Origin

Hypothesis/Symptoms

Past TB

HIV

1

m

Ward

Fever to clarify

No

Yes

2

f

Outpatient

Cough to clarify

No

No

3

m

Outpatient

TB

Yes

Yes

4

f

Outpatient

Cough and emaciation to clarify

No

No

5

f

Outpatient

TB or nocardiosis

Yes

No

  1. m = male; f = female; TB = tuberculose tuberculosis; HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus.