a<p>Values are number (percent) unless otherwise indicated.</p>b<p>One case was smear-positive, culture-negative, and two cases were smear-positive, culture contaminated.</p>c<p>No indeterminate smear results; for MGIT culture, indeterminate = contaminated; for Xpert MTB/RIF, indeterminate = error or other result.</p>d<p>MGIT susceptibility testing done on selected isolates including all cultures where NAAT tests detected resistance.</p>e<p>Two cases were culture-positive with phenotypic-confirmed MDR; a third case was culture-negative.</p><p>NA, not applicable.</p
<p>*Due to clerical errors, 27 Xperts were done on presumptive TB cases non-eligible for Xpert; eigh...
Introduction. Worldwide, about one third of all tuberculosis (TB) cases miss microbiological confirm...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube;</p><p>PPV, posi...
<p>Culture and smear results were based off of the first three sputum samples. Symptoms were self-re...
a)<p>TB sputum culture negative in triple testing.</p>b)<p>NMLD, non-mycobacterial community acquire...
<p>Patients with clinically diagnosed TB (without bacteriological confirmation) and patients with po...
Diagnosis of smear-negative but culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in resource-poor settings is...
1<p>Smear positive and/or culture positive for MTBC.</p>2<p>Chest x-ray and clinical work-up were no...
<p>*Includes population screened by X-ray and /or TB symptoms</p><p># Smr = Smear; Cult = Culture; B...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube; PPV, positive p...
*<p>Percentages are the proportion with a specific smear status among all patients with the characte...
<p>Diagnostic accuracy of smear and Xpert MTB/RIF among the MGIT and/or LJ culture positive (n = 328...
Background: Even though commercial nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have become the most fre...
Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) constitutes about 15%–20% of all cases of TB. Patient...
Introduction Smear-negative pulmonary TB (SNPT) represents 30–60% of all pulmonary TB cases. The mor...
<p>*Due to clerical errors, 27 Xperts were done on presumptive TB cases non-eligible for Xpert; eigh...
Introduction. Worldwide, about one third of all tuberculosis (TB) cases miss microbiological confirm...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube;</p><p>PPV, posi...
<p>Culture and smear results were based off of the first three sputum samples. Symptoms were self-re...
a)<p>TB sputum culture negative in triple testing.</p>b)<p>NMLD, non-mycobacterial community acquire...
<p>Patients with clinically diagnosed TB (without bacteriological confirmation) and patients with po...
Diagnosis of smear-negative but culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in resource-poor settings is...
1<p>Smear positive and/or culture positive for MTBC.</p>2<p>Chest x-ray and clinical work-up were no...
<p>*Includes population screened by X-ray and /or TB symptoms</p><p># Smr = Smear; Cult = Culture; B...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube; PPV, positive p...
*<p>Percentages are the proportion with a specific smear status among all patients with the characte...
<p>Diagnostic accuracy of smear and Xpert MTB/RIF among the MGIT and/or LJ culture positive (n = 328...
Background: Even though commercial nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) have become the most fre...
Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) constitutes about 15%–20% of all cases of TB. Patient...
Introduction Smear-negative pulmonary TB (SNPT) represents 30–60% of all pulmonary TB cases. The mor...
<p>*Due to clerical errors, 27 Xperts were done on presumptive TB cases non-eligible for Xpert; eigh...
Introduction. Worldwide, about one third of all tuberculosis (TB) cases miss microbiological confirm...
<p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube;</p><p>PPV, posi...