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Table 2 M. tuberculosis detection by GeneXpert and LPA against Culture MGIT using smear positive samples

From: Comparison of GeneXpert and line probe assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and rifampicin-mono resistance at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, Kenya

 

Smear positive

 
 

Detected (n = 119)

Not Detected (n = 67)

Total (=186)

Gene Xpert

 Detected

94

48

142 (76.3%)

 Not Detected

25

19

44 (23.7%)

LPA

 Detected

118

49

167 (89.8%)

 Not Detected

1

18

19 (10.2%)

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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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