Table 3.
Classification of false-negative cases.
| False-negative classification | Cases |
|---|---|
| Culture and smear of same specimen | |
| Culture positive in the same specimen | 12 |
| Other sample types | |
| Culture positive in other sample types | 26 |
| Smear positive in other sample types | 1 |
| mNGS positive in other sample types | 22 |
| Other assays | |
| TSPOT | 48 |
| CrAg | 3 |
| Immunoassay | 25 |
| G test | 2 |
| GM test | 8 |
mNGS, metagenomics next-generation sequencing; TSPOT, TSPOT.TB; CrAg, cryptococcal antigen; G test, 1-3-β-d-glucan test; GM test, galactomannan test.