Table 4.

FNAB laboratory diagnoses compared to clinical assessment

		Paediatric score <6 years of age (n = 44)		Clinical assessment ≥6 years of age (n = 31)
		Score ≥7 (anti-TB therapy recommended)	Score <7 (anti-TB therapy not recommended)	Anti-TB therapy recommended	anti-TB therapy not recommended
	n	n = 38	n = 6	n = 19	n = 12
Positive culture	9	5 (13 %)	1 (17 %)	3 (16 %)	-
Positive cytology	18	9 (24 %)	2 (33 %)	5 (26 %)	2 (17 %)
Positive Xpert	14	5 (13 %)	2 (33 %)	5 (26 %)	2 (17 %)
Positive EasyNAT	5	2 (5 %)	-	2 (11 %)	1 (8 %)
Positive ZN	3	2 (5 %)	-	1 (5 %)	-

Percentages in columns for ‘anti-TB therapy recommended’ are true-positive rates

Percentages in columns for ‘anti-TB therapy not recommended’ are false-positive rates