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. 2023 Jan 20;9:909198. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.909198

TABLE 2.

Diagnosis of tuberculosis by AFB smear and Xpert MTB/RIF compared to sputum culture as the gold standard.

AFB smear Xpert MTB/RIF
Sensitivity Specificity Sensitivity Specificity
All subjects 86.2% (269/312) 86.7% (117/135) 97.4% (304/312) 73.3% (99/135)
History of treatment
New TB patients 83.8% (145/173) 92% (80/87) 97.1% (168/173) 77% (67/87)
Previously treated 89.2% (124/139) 77.1% (37/48) 97.8% (136/139) 66.7% (32/48)
Sites/hospitals
Sanglah 68.8% (11/16) 100% (9/9) 87.5% (14/16) 88.9% (8/9)
Wahidin Sudirohusodo 83.3% (10/12) 100% (8/8) 91.7% (11/12) 62.5% (5/8)
Kariadi 90% (81/90) 76.9% (10/13) 100% (90/90) 61.5% (8/13)
Soetomo 94.3% (100/106) 64.7% (11/17) 96.2% (102/106) 52.9% (9/17)
Sardjito 50% (9/18) 93.0% (53/57) 100% (18/18) 84.2% (48/57)
Persahabatan 87.5% (49/56) 79.2% (19/24) 98.2% (55/56) 58.3% (14/24)
Adam Malik 64.3% (9/14) 100% (7/7) 100% (14/14) 100% (7/7)