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Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity of the hyplex® TBC test

From: Evaluation of the hyplex® TBC PCR test for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples

 

PCR results

  
 

positive (n)

negative (n)

total (n)

sensitivity (%)

specificity (%)

ALL SAMPLES

243

314

557

  

TB samples

241

49

290

83.1

 

   smear-positive

213

15

228

93.4

 

   smear-negative

28

34

62

45.1

 

non-TB samples

2

265

267

 

99.25

   non-NTM

1

246

247

 

99.5

   NTM

1

19

20

 

95.0

RESPIRATORY SAMPLES

237

257

494

  

TB samples

234

44

278

84.2

 

   smear-positive

210

14

224

93.7

 

   smear-negative

24

30

54

44.4

 

non-TB samples

2

213

215

 

99.1

   non-NTM

1

195

196

 

99.5

   NTM

1

18

19

 

94.7

NON RESPIRATORY SAMPLES

11

53

64

  

TB samples

11

1

12

91.6

 

   smear-positive

4

0

4

100

 

   smear-negative

7

1

8

87.5

 

non-TB samples

0

52

52

 

100

   non-NTM

0

51

51

 

100

   NTM

0

1

1

 

100