| AUC | Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| Ct | Cycle Threshold |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DX | Diagnostic |
| HR | Hazard Ratio |
| M. tuberculosis | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| MTB/RIF | Mycobacterium tuberculosis/Rifampicin |
| OR/ORs | Odds Ratio/Odds Ratios |
| PTB | Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
| R | R Statistical Computing Environment |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| WHO | World Health Organization |