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. 2022 Mar 14;12(3):709. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12030709

Table 2.

Results of the bacteriological and pathological examinations.

TB NTM Infection All Mycobacteriosis Non-Mycobacteriosis
Number 7 7 16 26
Bacteriological tests
 Smear 1 (14%) 3 (43%) 4 (25%) 0 (0%)
 Culture 2 (29%) 5 (71%) 7 (44%) 0 (0%)
 NAAT 2 (29%) 7 (100%) 9 (56%) 0 (0%)
Pathological tests
 Pathology w/o AI 2 (29%) 0 (0%) 2 (13%) 0 (0%)
 Pathology with AI 6 (86%) 3 (43%) 11 (69%) 0 (0%)

AI, artificial intelligence; NAAT, nucleic acid amplification test; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteriosis; TB, tuberculosis; w/o, without.