Table 1.
Ratios of positive and negative results of culture and GTMD test according to sample type
| Sample type | No. (%) of samples |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culturea |
GTMD test |
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| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |
| Bronchial aspirate (n = 1,103) | 161 (14.6) | 942 (85.4) | 122 (11.2) | 980 (88.8) |
| Sputum (n = 127) | 26 (20.5) | 101 (79.5) | 18 (14.2) | 109 (85.8) |
| Urine (n = 210) | 6 (2.9) | 204 (97.1) | 7 (3.3) | 203 (96.7) |
| Pleural fluid (n = 29) | 1 (3.4) | 28 (96.6) | 0 | 29 (100) |
| Gastric lavage (n = 57) | 6 (10.5) | 51 (89.5) | 1 (1.8) | 56 (98.2) |
| CSF (n = 18) | 0 | 18 (100) | 0 | 18 (100) |
| Biopsy (n = 8) | 0 | 8 (100) | 0 | 8 (100) |
| Otherb (n = 18) | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) |
| Total (n = 1,570) | 201 (12.8) | 1,369 (87.2) | 149 (9.5) | 1,421 (90.5) |
a
Culture was done with the Bactec 960 system and in Lowenstein-Jensen medium.
b
Sterile body fluids (e.g., pericardial fluid, wound, and ascitic fluid).