Table 6.

Comparison of the sensitivities and 95% confidence intervals of parallel tests with different sample types.

	Sputum	BALF	Sputum+BALF
Xpert MTB/RIF+SAT-TB	0.3721 (0.3154–0.4325)	0.5194 (0.4586–0.5796)	0.7364 (0.6795–0.7864)
Culture+Xpert MTB/RIF	0.4767 (0.4166–0.537)	0.5388 (0.4778–0.598)	0.7868 (0.7328–0.832)
Culture+SAT-TB	0.4419 (0.3826–0.5029)	0.5543 (0.4933–0.6137)	0.7907 (0.7370–0.8359)
Culture+Xpert MTB/RIF +SAT-TB	0.5039 (0.4433–0.5644)	0.6124 (0.5517–0.6698)	0.8566 (0.8086–0.8941)

BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.