Table 1.

Comparisons of the sensitivities and 95% confidence intervals of each single MTB detection test with different sample types.

	Sputum	BALF	Sputum+BALF
Culture	0.3527 (0.2970–0.4128)	0.3915 (0.3339–0.4522)	0.6279 (0.5675–0.6846)
Xpert	0.3217 (0.2677–0.3810)	0.4186 (0.3600–0.4796)	0.6279 (0.5675–0.6846)
SAT	0.2403 (0.1922–0.2960)	0.4186 (0.3600–0.4796)	0.5853 (0.5243–0.6437)

BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.