Table 4.
Comparison of MGIT and MODS culture sensitivity against culture reference standard incorporating both MGIT and MODS.
| MGIT positive | MGIT negative | MGIT Sensitivity % (95% CI) | MODS Sensitivity % (95% CI) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MODS positive | MODS negative | MODS positive | MODS negative | ||||
| Specimen type | |||||||
| All specimens | 68 | 23 | 6 | 1807 | 93.8 (87.0–97.7) | 76.3 (66.6–84.3) | 0.002 |
| All sputum specimens | 61 | 22 | 6 | 1713 | 93.3 (85.9–97.5) | 75.3 (65.0–83.8) | 0.003 |
| Induced sputum | 40 | 18 | 6 | 1603 | 90.6 (80.7–96.5) | 71.9 (59.2–82.4) | 0.014 |
| Age of patient | |||||||
| <5 years | 28 | 14 | 5 | 1398 | 89.4 (76.9–96.5) | 70.2 (55.1–82.7) | 0.039 |
| 5–14 years | 36 | 8 | 1 | 380 | 97.8 (88.2–99.9) | 82.2 (67.9–92.0) | 0.039 |