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Quantitative comparison of smear grade, MGIT TTP, and Xpert CT
| Microscopy grade | TTP (h) |
CT |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (±SD) | No. of patients | Mean (±SD) | No. of patients | |
| 3+ | 121.0 (41.17) | 26 | 19.48 (3.24) | 44 |
| 2+ | 128.1 (26.45) | 31 | 21.13 (2.80) | 54 |
| 1+ | 146.7 (26.58) | 10 | 23.01 (2.49) | 14 |
| Scanty | 298.0 (167.9) | 7 | 22.94 (2.68) | 5 |
