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Unclassified | Low priority | Medium priority | High priority | Total | |
Number of specimens | 823 | 521 | 561 | 359 | 2264 |
Isolates of all mycobacteria (smear +ve samples) | 37 (23) | 15 (11) | 31 (24) | 58 (50) | 141 (100) |
Isolates of M tuberculosis (smear +ve samples) | 9 (9) | 10 (8) | 19 (17) | 32 (29) | 70 (63) |
% Isolation of M tuberculosis | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 3.1 |