Table 1.
Mask-Xpert and sputum-Xpert results, by patient and diagnostic characteristics
| Sputum positive n = 54 (36.5) |
Sputum negative n = 94 (63.5) |
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| Mask positive | Mask negative | Mask positive |
Mask
negative |
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| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Total | 148 (100.0) | 26 (48.1) | 28 (51.9) | 4 (4.3) | 90 (95.7) |
| HIV status | |||||
| Tested | 143 (96.6) | 26 (100.0) | 26 (92.9) | 4 (100.0) | 87 (96.7) |
| Positive | 16 (11.1) | 6 (23.0) | 4 (15.3 | 1 (25.0) | 5 (5.7) |
| TB Type | |||||
| New presumptive TB patient | 135 (91.2) | 25 (96.1) | 26 (92.9) | 4 (100.0) | 80 (88.9) |
| Prev. Tr* | 13 (8.8) | 1 (3.9) | 2 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (11.1) |
| TB Cont** | |||||
| Yes | 10 (6.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (8.9) |
| No | 138 (93.2) | 26 (100.0) | 26 (92.9) | 4 (100.0) | 82 (91.1) |
| SSM | |||||
| Negative | 101 (68.2) | 1 (3.8) | 6 (21.4) | 4 (100.0) | 90 (100.0) |
| Positive | 47 (31.8) | 26 (100.0) | 22 (78.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Xpert | |||||
| Classic | 78 (52.7) | 9 (34.6) | 18 (64.3) | 0 (0.0) | 51 (56.7) |
| Ultra | 70 (47.3) | 17 (65.4) | 10 (35.7) | 4 (100.0) | 39 (43.3) |
*Previously treated, ** contact of known tuberculosis patient; N = number of samples; SSM = sputum smear microscopy; TB = tuberculosis