Table 1.

Comparison of results for the OMNIgene·SPUTUM and Standard-of-Care treatments, with findings listed for each of the OMNIgene·SPUTUM specimen hold times applied. [Note that all Standard-of-Care specimens were tested on day of collection (no hold)].

CFM = concentrated fluorescent microscopy; Contam = contaminated culture; DFM: direct fluorescent microscopy; Discrep = number of sample pairs with discrepant (mismatched) pos/neg results; LJ = Lowenstein Jensen; MGIT = mycobacteria growth indicator tube; MTB = Mycobacterium tuberculosis; NG = no growth; OM-S = OMNIgene·SPUTUM; SOC = standard-of-care; Rescued = a positive result obtained with one treatment versus contaminated culture with the other treatment.

^a Hold times are for OM-S specimens only (all SOC specimens were tested on day of collection).

^b Xpert was run only on specimen pairs where the direct fluorescent smear result was negative.