TABLE 4.
Correlation between the results of the LAM detection assay and disease status
| Result by LAM detection assaya | No. of patients with status:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Proven TBb | Non-TBc | |
| Positive | 17 | 0 |
| Negative | 1 | 21 |
| Total | 18 | 21 |
a
A patient was positive if in the LAM detection assay the A450 of at least one sputum sample was higher than the cutoff value (0.150).
b
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients from Vietnam with a positive sputum culture.
c
Five patients from Vietnam and 16 patients from The Netherlands with a disease other than tuberculosis.