Table 1 Specimen results for 97 prospectively accrued cases
Clinical specimen | Total number | Microscopy (numbers) | Xpert MTB/RIF (numbers)# | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New + relaspe cases (N=80) | |||||
No clinical specimens | 33 | ||||
Sputum | 45 | AFB smear negative (18) | MTB DNA detected (5/16**) | ||
High | (0) | ||||
Medium | (0) | ||||
Low | (2) | ||||
Very low | (3) | ||||
rpOB mutation | (0) | ||||
AFB smear positive (27) | MTB DNA detected (25/26*) | ||||
Scanty | (2) | High | (11) | ||
1+ | (2) | Medium | (6) | ||
2+ | (11) | Low | (6) | ||
3+ | (12) | Very low | (2) | ||
Back abscess aspirate | 1 | rpOB | (2) | ||
Ear swab | 1 | 1+ | |||
2+ | |||||
Treatment failure/defaulted cases (N=17) | |||||
No clinical specimens | 8 | ||||
Sputum | 8 | ||||
AFB smear negative | (4) | MTB DNA detected | (0/3*) | ||
AFB smear positive | (4) | MTB DNA detected | (2/3*) | ||
Scanty | (1) | High | (2) | ||
1+ | (0) | Medium | (0) | ||
2+ | (0) | Low | (0) | ||
3+ | (3) | Very low | (0) | ||
Lymph node aspirate | 1 | 1+ | rpOB mutation | (1) | |