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Table 2 Reasons for notification

From: Impact of nucleic acid amplification test on pulmonary tuberculosis notifications and treatments in Taiwan: a 7-year single-center cohort study

Categories of notification

Group A

Group B

Positive AFB smear

431 (121)

13 (1)

Positive NAAT

0 (0)

102 (101)

Positive MTB culture

51 (51)

70 (70)

Total notified cases

482 (172)

185 (172)

  1. The value in parentheses represent the numbers of confirmed PTB cases
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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