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Figure 6

From: Lysis of tubercle bacilli in fresh and stored sputum specimens: implications for diagnosing tuberculosis in stored and paucibacillary specimens by PCR

Figure 6

Effect of storage on bacterial load. Box plots of bacterial numbers per 50 microscopic fields in 3+ and 2+ slides. Boxes show median values and the interquartile ranges, the whiskers denote 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles and the circles indicate the outlier values. 1 M and 2 M refer to 1 month and 2 months of sputum storage at -20°C.

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BMC Microbiology

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