Fig. 7From: Immuno-diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum, and reduction of timelines for its positive cultures to within 3 h by pathogen-specific thymidylate kinase expression assaysColony forming units of in vitro cultures of Uganda genotype 1 and H37Rv. This figure shows colony forming units (CFUs/ml) of in vitro cultures of Uganda genotype 1 and H37Rv. At the point of 1st TMKmt mRNA and Ag spikes, CFU/ml of mycobacterium were below 1 × 1010 Back to article page