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. 2019 Mar 28;57(4):e01234-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01234-18

TABLE 2.

Performance estimates of studiesa on blood- and urine-based cfDNA detection of M. tuberculosis by nucleic acid amplification techniques in which the methodological steps are a priori considered suitable for cfDNA isolation and detectionb

Publication first author Yr Sample type TB presentation HIV positive (%) Smear positive (%) Method of TB confirmation % (no./total no. of samples) of indicating:
Sensitivity Specificity
Ushio 2016 Plasma Pulmonary 0 100 Culture 65 (21/33) 93 (18/19)
29 (10/33) 100 (19/19)
Click 2018 Plasma Pulmonary 64 100 Culture and/or Xpert 45 (18/40) 67 (2/3)
Cannas 2008 Urine Pulmonary 5 95 Sputum smear or culture 79 (34/43) 100 (23/23)
Fortun 2014 Urine Pulmonary 12 NR Culture 18 (5/28) NR
Extrapulmonary 29 NR 70 (57/82) NR
Labugger 2017 Urine Pulmonary 0 60 Culture 64 (7/11) 100 (8/8)
Patel 2017 Urine Pulmonary 38 33 Culture 43 (75/175) 89 (210/237)
a

See references 23, 24, 25, 32, 33, and 34.

b

NR, not reported; Xpert, Xpert MTB/RIF assay.