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Table 5 Breakdown of histology and microbiology according to route of specimen acquisition

	n	Cytology/histology sent	Cytology/histology suggestive of tuberculosis	Microbiology sent	Culture + ve
Paracentesis	20	20 (100%)	7/9 (77.8%) had lymphocytic effusion1	19 (95%)	11/19 (57.9%)
Endoscopy	32	28 (87.5%)	14/28 (50%)	10 (31.3%)	3/10 (30%)
Surgery	16	15 (93.8%)	14/15 (93.3%)	13 (81.3%)	9/13 (69.2%)

¹For ascitic fluid which was culture positive a lymphocyte count was not provided.