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J Clin Microbiol
; 53(4): 1342-4, 2015 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25609720
RESUMO
The EasyNAT assay was evaluated for the detection of tuberculosis in sputum smears from presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients in an African high-TB and high-HIV setting. The sensitivity of the EasyNAT assay was 66.7%, and the specificity and positive predictive value were 100% for the culture-positive patients. The sensitivity was only 10% in the smear-negative and culture-positive patients.