TABLE 1.

Diagnostic potential of shotgun polypeptides expressed by the M. tuberculosis genome (internal study)

Group	No. tested	No. positive	% Positive
Healthy controls (BCG vaccinated)	220	10	4.55
TB patients
Smear, culture, and X-ray positive	76	72	94.73
Smear negative, culture and X-ray positive	250	200	80.0
Extrapulmonary TB patients	45	33	73.33
Non-TB lung disease patients	220	20	9.1