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Table 3 Mean costs /sample adding various components (US$)

From: Cost analysis of rapid diagnostics for drug-resistant tuberculosis

Diagnostic Test

Mean Operating Costs

Test-Specific Equipment Costs

Direct Cost Subtotal

General Equipment and Overhead per sample

Total Cost/sample

MGIT

$33.27

$13.05

$46.32

$4.00

$50.32

LPAs

$60.64

$2.39

$63.03

$9.13

$72.16

MODS

$28.93

$1.11

$30.04

$4.35

$34.39

PSQ

$37.10

$18.40

$55.50

$3.90

$59.40

  1. LPA Line-probe assay, MGIT Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube, MODS Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay, PSQ Pyrosequencing, US United States