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Results of laboratory tests among the TB patients with severe mental illness
| Clinical test | Results per sputum sample (%) | Results per patient (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completed | Positive | Negative | Completed | Positive | Negative | |
| Sputum microscopy | 753 | 6 (0.8) | 747 (99.2) | 251 | 3 (1.2) | 248 (98.8) |
| Solid culture | 502 | 8 (1.6) | 494 (98.4)a | 251 | 5 (2.0) | 246 (98.0) |
| GeneXpert | 502 | 9 (1.8) | 493 (98.2) | 251 | 5 (2.0) | 246 (98.0) |
aThe negative solid culture results include culture-negative and contaminated results
