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. 2015 Mar 2;5:8668. doi: 10.1038/srep08668

Table 1. Data on sputum smear results, Diabetes mellitus, and OSP results.

Subject pair Xpert Positive Cases1 Matched healthy controls
Sputum Smear Results DM2 OSP3, Sample A OSP, Sample B OSP, Sample C OSP, Sample A OSP, Sample B OSP, Sample C
1 +   Negative* +* + Negative Negative* Negative
2 ND4   Negative* + + Negative Negative Negative
3 Negative + Negative* Negative* Negative* Negative Negative Negative
4 Negative + Negative* Negative* Negative* Negative Negative Negative
5 Negative   + + + Negative Negative Negative
6 Negative + +* Negative* +* Negative* Negative Negative*
7 +++   + + + Negative Negative Negative
8 +++   + + + Negative Negative Negative
9 +++   + + + Negative Negative Negative
10 +   + + Negative* Negative Negative Negative
11 +++   + + + Negative Negative Negative
12 ++   +* + Negative* Negative* Negative Negative
13 Negative   Negative* + + Negative Negative Negative
14 ND + + + + Negative Negative Negative
15 Negative   Negative* + + Negative Negative Negative
16 +++   +* +* +* Negative* Negative* Negative*
17 Negative   Negative* +* + Negative Negative* Negative
18 ND   + Negative* + Negative Negative Negative
19 +++   + + + Negative Negative Negative
20 ++   Negative* + + Negative Negative Negative

1All 20 case subjects were positive by GeneXpert testing and clinical assessment, and were subsequently treated for tuberculosis.

2DM, Diabetes mellitus. Cases 3, 4, 6, and 14 were in treatment for DM. Other cases were presumed DM-negative.

3For OSP, results of partial volume analysis are shown except values marked by asterisk (*), which are the full volume analysis conducted after partial results were negative. Negative results had Cq > 45.

4ND, not determined.