From: Evaluation of microcapillary culture method for the isolation of Leishmania aethiopica parasites from patients with cutaneous lesions in Ethiopia
Culturing method
Time to positivity in days (per lesion analysis)
Time to positivity in days (per patient analysis)
Mean + SD
Median
Range
MCM
3.7 + 1.9
3*
2–11
3.4 + 1.6
3
2–10
TCM
5.8 + 2.5
6
3–17
5.8 + 2.6
5.5