중성 영양성 TBPE를 가진 환자 9명 (중성영양증후군, 70.5; IQR, 55.0–85.0)은 모두 MTB에 대해 양성 반응을 보였으며, 그 중 2명은 TBPE의 중합효소 연쇄 반응에 의해 MTB에 양성 반응을 보였으며, 6명은 TBPE를 측정했다.
There were nine patients (median neutrophil %, 70.5; IQR, 55.0–85.0) with neutrophil-predominant TBPE, all of whom were culture positive for MTB, two of whom were positive for MTB by polymerase chain reaction of TBPE, and six of whom had loculated TBPE.