Table 9.

Number of NRLs that considered each possible likelihood of decrease in sensitivity for each MTBC diagnostic test (grouped results)

Test	Delay	Effect (Likelihood of observing a decrease in the sensitivity)							Responses
		0–1%	1–5%	5–10%	10–33%	33–66%	66–90%	90–95%
Culture	24 h	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	13
	72 h	1	4	0	3	2	1	0	11
PCR	24 h	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	13
	72 h	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	11
HP *	24 h	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	14
	72 h	1	2	3	2	0	2	2	12

^*Histopathology.