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Table 4 M. tuberculosis detection by GeneXpert and LPA against Culture MGIT

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

 

Culture MGIT

 
 

Detected (n = 121)

Not Detected (n = 185)

Total (=306)

Gene Xpert

 Detected

95

65

160 (52.3%)

 Not Detected

26

120

146 (47.7%)

LPA

 Detected

119

63

182 (59.5%)

 Not Detected

2

122

124 (40.5%)

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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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