Table 2 Sputum smear and LJ culture bacillary load by TB-LAMP test result and setting
TB-LAMP | P-value | Site | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive, N = 49 (%) | Negative, N = 184 (%) | Hospital, N = 126 (%) | Health Centre, N = 107 (%) | |||
LJ MTB culture quantification (Colonies) | ||||||
Greater than 20 (N = 57) | 43 (87.8) | 14 (7.6) | 0.000 | 26 (20.6) | 31 (29) | 0.061 |
10-20 (N = 2) | 00 | 02 (1.1) | 00 | 02 (1.87) | ||
Less than 10 (N = 1) | 01 (2.0) | 00 | 00 | 01 (0.9) | ||
Negative/contaminated (N = 173) | 05 (10.2) | 168 (91.3) | 100 (79.4) | 73 (68.2) | ||
Smear microscopy AFB quantification | ||||||
3+ | 14 (28.6) | 00 | 0.000 | 07 (5.6) | 07 (6.0) | 0.867 |
2+ | 13 (26.5) | 00 | 06 (4.8) | 07 (6.5) | ||
1+ | 06 (12.2) | 07 (3.8) | 08 (6.4) | 05 (4.7) | ||
Scanty | 03 (6.1) | 00 | 01 (0.8) | 02 (1.9) | ||
Negative | 13 (26.5) | 177 (96.2) | 104 (82.5) | 86 (80.4) | ||