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Table 3 Main impact of NAAT(Gen-Probe)

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

Impact of NAAT

Group A

Group B

P value

Error notification rate

64.3%

7%

<0.001a

Unnecessary anti-TB treatments in notified cases

14.9%

6.5%

0.005a

Mean duration of unnecessary anti-TB treatments (d) (mean ± SD)

38.9 ± 38.3

37.0 ± 37.9

0.874b

Mean time from CDC notifications to treatment initiation (d) (mean ± SD)

3.05 ± 6.95

1.48 ± 1.99

0.004b

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation
  2. aUsing Chi-squared or Fisher’s exact tests (two-tailed)
  3. bUsing Wilcoxon rank-sum test
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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