Abstract
Introduction: culture is the gold-standard procedure for tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment monitoring because of its high sensitivity allowing the mycobacteria isolation for identification and tests of drug sensitivity. However, the culture is prone to contamination allowing growth of other microorganisms than TB, which causes delays and invalid results for patients. The objective of the study was to determine the contamination rate (CR) in the solid and liquid culture of the sputum samples received at the National TB Reference Laboratory (NTRL) in 2016.
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