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. 2015 Jun 26;10(6):e0129552. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129552

Table 3. Rapid test results at days 0 and 14 of treatment.

      PROTOLAM TB-ST
    Total N tested Total positives day 0 Total positives day 14 N of patients with changed grade day 0-day 14 Total positives day 0 Total positives day 14 N of patients with changed grade day 0-day14*
Culture/GeneXpert+ total 22 13 12 3* 4 4 0
  sm+ 16 10 9 3*; 1pt w to neg 3 3 0
          2pt p to w      
  sm- 6 3 3 0 1 1 0
Culture/GeneXpert- sm- 9 2 2 0 0 0 0

Bands were graded as strongly positive, positive (p), weakly positive (w), or negative (neg). No changes in band intensity between day 0 and 14 were identified for the TB-ST, and only 3 in the PROTOLAM test.

* indicates numbers of patients (pt) with a difference in band intensity between day 0 to day 14.