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Table 7.

Diagnostic performance of LAM in combination of 2 other method in EPTB.

Methods	Results	CRS		Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV	Kappa
Methods	Results	EPTB	Non-TB	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV	Kappa
LAM + Xpert+RNA	positive	26	0	61.90%*	100.00%	100.00%	69.81%	0.604
LAM + Xpert+RNA	negative	16	37	61.90%*	100.00%	100.00%	69.81%	0.604
LAM + Xpert+culture	positive	29	0	69.05%*	100.00%	100.00%	74.00%	0.676
LAM + Xpert+culture	negative	13	37	69.05%*	100.00%	100.00%	74.00%	0.676
LAM + Xpert +smear	positive	27	0	64.29%*	100.00%	100.00%	71.15%	0.628
LAM + Xpert +smear	negative	15	37	64.29%*	100.00%	100.00%	71.15%	0.628

CRS, composite reference standard; EPTB, extrapulmonary tuberculosis; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; RNA, ribonucleic acid; TB, tuberculosis; LAM, lipoarabinomannan; *p < 0.05, Compared to LAM.