TABLE 2.

Adjustment of discrepant results to the adapted gold standard

Test	No. of true-positive specimens for which:			No. of specimens for which positive PCR was not confirmableb
	Positive PCR was confirmed by other culture-positive samples from same patient	Positive PCR was confirmed by other PCR	Negative PCR was confirmed by both PCRsa
CA	15	2		4
In-house PCR	31	2		2
Acid-fast staining			1

^aSmear-negative, culture-negative specimen from a patient with culture-proven TB. 

^bFalse-positive PCR.